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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe command Harper to do?
(a) To be sergeant.
(b) To go to the attic and set up his big gun.
(c) To sneak out of the farmhouse and go find the army.
(d) To escort the Parkers to their carriage.

2. What does the French commander tell Sharpe?
(a) He will hang all of Sharpe's men as thieves.
(b) He has ten minutes to surrender.
(c) He will let them go if Sharpe gives him the strongbox.
(d) He will burn the farmhouse down.

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

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

5. What does Sharpe find out the night after the battle with the French?
(a) The French have taken Santiago de Compostela.
(b) The Spanish army is only thrity miles away.
(c) The French have left Madrid.
(d) The French have taken Lisbon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the French negotiator tell Sharpe about the French army?

2. For what does Vivar thank Harper?

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

4. What does Sharpe do when they are running for the farmhouse?

5. What does Sharpe tell Williams to do if he does not want to obey Sharpe?

(see the answer key)

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