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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sharpe talk to the French?
(a) To let them know Vivar is not with them.
(b) To arrange safe passage for the Parkers.
(c) To assess their numbers.
(d) To offer himself for his men's lives.

2. What does Harper say to Sharpe immediately when he answers Sharpe's summons?
(a) He is Irish and that's that.
(b) He will not be Louisa's bodyguard.
(c) Things are unfair.
(d) That he would make a lousy officer.

3. What does Harper do the night of the battle?
(a) Gives Sharpe a formal apology.
(b) Rallies the men against going south.
(c) Gets drunk.
(d) Challenges Sharpe to a duel.

4. Why will the riflemen attack with their rifles empty?
(a) To keep from shooting each other.
(b) To prevent accidental discharge.
(c) To keep their musket balls dry.
(d) To keep their powder dry.

5. What does Vivar tell Sharpe he can be?
(a) A drunkard or a great man.
(b) A man acting like a child.
(c) An excellent officer.
(d) An idiot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impresses Sharpe about Harper?

2. How is the person Sharpe meets dressed?

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 Harper say is good for Sharpe?

5. What does Sharpe hear right before the cazadores enter the town?

(see the answer key)

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