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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vivar tell Sharpe the strongbox contains?
(a) Gold.
(b) Money.
(c) Papers.
(d) Jewels.

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

3. By what title does Major Warren Dunnet address the lieutenant in Chapter 1?
(a) Quartermaster.
(b) Company Commander.
(c) Logistics Commander.
(d) Officer on Duty.

4. What does Harper suggest they do with the Parker's carriage?
(a) Load it with gunpowder and blow it up when the French are by it.
(b) Send it barreling into the French cavalry.
(c) Tip it over to block the road.
(d) Burn it.

5. From whom is Major Blas Vivar hiding a strongbox?
(a) The Spanish.
(b) His sister.
(c) The British.
(d) The French.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, of the men chasing Vivar, knows the contents of the strongbox and where Vivar is going with it?

2. What does Sharpe tell Williams to do if he does not want to obey Sharpe?

3. What does Harper refuse to do?

4. In the prologue, where have Vivar and his men taken refuge?

5. What does Sharpe advise Vivar not to do?

(see the answer key)

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