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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Murray say he will give Sharpe?
(a) His sword to replace the one Sharpe broke.
(b) His horse.
(c) His extra uniforms.
(d) Command of the riflemen.

3. Who intervenes when Sharpe and Vivar get into a fight?
(a) Williams.
(b) A monk.
(c) Parker.
(d) A priest.

4. What does Williams tell Sharpe is the background of many of the riflemen?
(a) They are good sturdy farmers.
(b) They have been drafted against their wishes.
(c) They are mostly from the cities.
(d) They are thugs and criminals.

5. What does Sharpe tell Harper he plans for the troops to do?
(a) Go to Madrid.
(b) Head for the ocean.
(c) March to Lisbon.
(d) Stay where they are until the British main force finds them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Vivar bury the French dead?

2. What do the British and Spanish decide to do when they arrive at a village in Chapter 6?

3. Who does Sharpe meet in the night?

4. What do Sharpe's men do when he assembles them in the morning?

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

(see the answer key)

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