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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. In the prologue, where have Vivar and his men taken refuge?
(a) In Madrid.
(b) In Santiago de Compostela.
(c) In the mountains.
(d) In the Black Forest.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wakes Sharpe in the night in Chapter 6?

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

3. What keeps French reinforcements from crushing Vivar and Sharpe?

4. What does the sergeant Williams order the riflemen to do before the second attack of the French?

5. What does Sharpe find out the night after the battle with the French?

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