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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who intervenes when Sharpe and Vivar get into a fight?
(a) Parker.
(b) A priest.
(c) A monk.
(d) Williams.

2. Where was Vivar when his wife died?
(a) In Britain.
(b) In Spain.
(c) In America.
(d) In France.

3. Why does Vivar bury the French dead?
(a) So their ghosts won't bother him.
(b) So they don't spread disease.
(c) So they don't attract wild animals.
(d) So they have a Christian burial.

4. What does Sharpe tell Parker his strategy is after they are in the farmhouse?
(a) To cut the French down from the farmhouse.
(b) To sneak away after dark.
(c) To wait for the British main army to catch up to them.
(d) To surrender in the morning.

5. What do the lieutenant's clothes look like?
(a) Tattered.
(b) Like an enlisted man's uniform.
(c) Correct and proper.
(d) They are covered in blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe command Harper to do?

2. What does Sharpe do when Harper thinks Sharpe has agreed with the men?

3. What does Sharpe do when Captain Murray is hit with a musket round?

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

5. What does a lieutenant in a small village do in Chapter 1 right before the British are getting ready to withdraw?

(see the answer key)

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