2. Whose footbeats ring on the flagstones at the beginning of Chapter Eleven?
(a) The South Essex Troops.
(b) The French Guards.
(c) The Coldstone Guards.
(d) The 97th Riflemen.

3. What does Harper tell the men they cannot do unless ordered?
(a) Fire their guns.
(b) Fire their crossbows.
(c) Charge.
(d) Break rank.

4. Why does Harper go to the river in this section?
(a) To bathe.
(b) To swim.
(c) To fish.
(d) To wash his clothes.

5. What does Simmerson challenge Sharpe to train his troops to do?
(a) Shoot three rounds a minute.
(b) Run a four minute mile.
(c) Speak Spanish in two weeks.
(d) Tailor their own uniforms.

6. What will be the deserter's punishment?
(a) Death.
(b) Flogging.
(c) Prison.
(d) A court marshall.

7. Why does one of the soldiers say he deserted?
(a) To get drunk.
(b) To go home.
(c) To join the Spanish.
(d) To join the French.

8. Wellesey is wise in the ways of what?
(a) The commoner.
(b) Women.
(c) Spanish culture.
(d) Diplomacy.

9. Who interrupts Sharpe's line of thinking in Chapter Seven?
(a) Hogan.
(b) Simmmerson.
(c) Harper.
(d) Pendleton.

10. In which country did Lawford and Sharpe serve together?
(a) Spain.
(b) India.
(c) West Indies.
(d) France.

11. What is Sterritt's rank in the army?
(a) General.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Colonel.
(d) Captain.

12. What is the name of Sharpe's regiment?
(a) The 62nd Battalion.
(b) The South Essex Regiment.
(c) The South London Regiment.
(d) The 95th Rifles.

13. What reason does Sharpe give the French officer for crossing the bridge?
(a) They wanted to surprise the French.
(b) He was ordered to cross it.
(c) He gives no reason.
(d) They followed the Spanish.

14. What is Sharpe's rank at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Captain.
(b) General.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Sergeant.

15. What is Captain Hogan's mission in this novel?
(a) To rescue prisoners of war.
(b) To kill Napolean.
(c) To blow up the French embassy.
(d) To destroy a bridge.