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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 Murray say he will give Sharpe?
(a) Command of the riflemen.
(b) His horse.
(c) His extra uniforms.
(d) His sword to replace the one Sharpe broke.

2. What does Sharpe do to a cavalry horse that reaches him?
(a) Pulls the rider off and mount it.
(b) Kicks it in the ribs.
(c) Strikes it in the mouth with his sword.
(d) Cuts its front leg in half.

3. What do the British and Spanish troops discover when they enter a village?
(a) The villagers have fled and left the village empty.
(b) All the villagers have been slaughtered.
(c) The men in the village have been taken prisoner by the French.
(d) All the men in the village have been killed.

4. What does Williams suggest to Sharpe?
(a) They go east away from the French.
(b) They surrender to the French.
(c) They scatter in the woods.
(d) They rescue the prisoners.

5. What will Vivar's troops do in the morning?
(a) Continue on to Satiago de Compostela.
(b) Go to Lisbon.
(c) Go to Madrid.
(d) Stay at the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Vivar when his wife died?

2. What does Vivar ask Sharpe to do?

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

4. What does Vivar tell Sharpe about how he deals with military regulations?

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

(see the answer key)

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