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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what direction is Davila supposed to go when he leaves Vivar?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) East.

2. What do the British and Spanish troops do while traveling west?
(a) Form into a cohesive army.
(b) Fight the French.
(c) Have minor brawls between the British and the Spanish troops.
(d) Stay off the main roads.

3. What does Sharpe tell the Parkers to do when he sights French cavalry?
(a) Continue down the road.
(b) Go off the road to the right.
(c) Stop and hide.
(d) Turn around.

4. Who, of the men chasing Vivar, knows the contents of the strongbox and where Vivar is going with it?
(a) The man in the black coat and white boots.
(b) Richard Sharpe.
(c) Colonel Pierre de l'Eclin
(d) Captain Murray.

5. What does Williams tell Sharpe that Vivar has told Williams about the strongbox?
(a) It is the King's Great Seal.
(b) It contains gold.
(c) It contains precious jewels.
(d) It has valuable intelligence information.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sharpe's men do when he assembles them in the morning?

2. What does Vivar tell Sharpe the strongbox contains?

3. What does Sharpe tell Harper he plans for the troops to do?

4. What keeps French reinforcements from crushing Vivar and Sharpe?

5. Who intervenes when Sharpe and Vivar get into a fight?

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