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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Sharpe say to the French sentry over and over?
(a) Help.
(b) Friend.
(c) Message.
(d) Wounded.

2. What does Louisa do when the riflemen leave the farmhouse?
(a) Goes to the carriage.
(b) Stays in the farmhouse.
(c) Run to Sharpe.
(d) She's with her uncle in the French troops.

3. What does the guide want to do when the troops reach a stream?
(a) Bless it with holy water.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Have the men stop to drink.
(d) Have the men bathe.

4. What does Sharpe first find inside the strongbox?
(a) A pair of knives.
(b) A leather box.
(c) A book.
(d) A leather bag.

5. Why does Sharpe run back into the town?
(a) To find Louisa.
(b) To go back to the tavern.
(c) To tell his men to get ready to leave.
(d) To make a request of Vivar.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Harper think the volunteers might be good?

2. What does Murray believe when he offers Sharpe advice?

3. What is wrong when the riflemen arrive?

4. What does the French negotiator think Sharpe is trying to do?

5. What does the colonel wonder as Sharpe leaves?

(see the answer key)

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