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

2. What does the sergeant Williams order the riflemen to do before the second attack of the French?
(a) Drop into the trenches.
(b) Go to the woods.
(c) Form a square.
(d) Charge the French.

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

4. What do the British and Spanish troops discover when they enter a village?
(a) All the villagers have been slaughtered.
(b) The villagers have fled and left the village empty.
(c) The men in the village have been taken prisoner by the French.
(d) All the men in the village have been killed.

5. What does Williams suggest to Sharpe?
(a) They scatter in the woods.
(b) They surrender to the French.
(c) They go east away from the French.
(d) They rescue the prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe order Williams to do at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. What does Harper do the night of the battle?

3. What happens to Major Dunnet during the battle with the French?

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

5. What does Harper refuse to do?

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