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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a lieutenant in a small village do in Chapter 1 right before the British are getting ready to withdraw?
(a) Burns some crates.
(b) Steals food in his field pack.
(c) Takes rifle ammunition out of a crate.
(d) Gets drunk.

2. What does Williams tell Sharpe is part of the reason the riflemen have fought so hard?
(a) To help Vivar save the strongbox.
(b) So that they could loot the French dead.
(c) So they do not have to march to Lisbon.
(d) So that Shapre would free Harper.

3. What does Sharpe ask Vivar about the riflemen?
(a) If the banner will harm them.
(b) If they will be paid for their aid.
(c) How they fit into Vivar's plans.
(d) If they can now head to Lisbon.

4. Why is Sharpe worried about Louisa?
(a) Because she doesn't speak Spanish.
(b) Because of the upcoming fight.
(c) The guerrillas may mistake her for being French.
(d) Because he worries she doesn't love him.

5. What does Vivar want the riflemen to do which is a change in plans?
(a) To shoot from the hills.
(b) To take the gatehouse and set up snipers.
(c) To go directly to the palace.
(d) To charge past a guardhouse and not engage the enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe say he plans to do about the French to the French negotiator?

2. What does Sharpe ask Harper to do with Spanish civilians?

3. What do the British and Spanish troops discover when they enter a village?

4. What does the French colonel say about Louisa?

5. What does the legend say will happen if the banner is ever captured?

(see the answer key)

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