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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long do the Spanish troops and the riflemen travel?
(a) They march three days without stopping.
(b) Through the night.
(c) From dawn to dusk.
(d) For five hours.

2. What does the legend say will happen if the banner is ever captured?
(a) Matamoros will never return.
(b) Spain will be occupied by a foreign army for 100 years.
(c) Zorro will never rise again.
(d) Spain will be destroyed.

3. What does Vivar ask Sharpe to do?
(a) Go south to draw the French away.
(b) Leave the fighting to his Cazadores.
(c) Provide covering fire so he can charge the French.
(d) Sneak behind the French lines.

4. Where will the product in question #153 be taken?
(a) To the center of town.
(b) To the palace.
(c) To the Spanish volunteers.
(d) To the riflemen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the French colonel tell Sharpe when he meets him?

2. What is the weather like when the troops of Sharpe and Vivar set off?

3. What does Vivar see when Sharpe removes his shirt?

4. Who will supposedly rise again if the banner is unfurled at Santiago de Compostela?

5. What does Sharpe tell the Parkers to do when he sights French cavalry?

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