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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Major Dunnet during the battle with the French?
(a) He is killed.
(b) He is taken prisoner.
(c) He is wounded.
(d) Nothing.

3. What does Sharpe order Williams to do at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Send men out for firewood.
(b) Form ranks.
(c) Take a squad to scout.
(d) Move the wounded.

4. What does Sharpe learn about the road to Lisbon?
(a) The road is full of Spanish refugees.
(b) The road has been destroyed.
(c) There is more than one road going there.
(d) The road is clear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivar ask Sharpe to do?

2. In what direction is Davila supposed to go when he leaves Vivar?

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

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

5. Who does Sharpe meet in the night?

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