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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Murray believe when he offers Sharpe advice?
(a) They can outwit the French.
(b) He can give Sharpe aid in adjusting to being an officer.
(c) Murray believes he is about to die.
(d) Sharpe is a poor officer.

2. What does Parker ask Sharpe to do?
(a) To lend him a rifle.
(b) Negotiate the Parkers' release from the farmhouse.
(c) To allow his wife to leave.
(d) To keep his niece safe.

3. How does Vivar refer to his brother?
(a) As his half brother.
(b) As a duke.
(c) As a traitor.
(d) As a murderer who killed their father.

4. What does Sharpe tell Harper he plans for the troops to do?
(a) Go to Madrid.
(b) March to Lisbon.
(c) Head for the ocean.
(d) Stay where they are until the British main force finds them.

5. Why does Sharpe talk to the French?
(a) To let them know Vivar is not with them.
(b) To offer himself for his men's lives.
(c) To assess their numbers.
(d) To arrange safe passage for the Parkers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is made for the volunteers?

2. What does Williams suggest to Sharpe?

3. What does Sharpe find out the night after the battle with the French?

4. Where was Vivar when his wife died?

5. How big is the French force in comparison to Sharpe and Vivar's forces?

(see the answer key)

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