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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wakes Sharpe in the night in Chapter 6?
(a) A soldier.
(b) Harper.
(c) A monk.
(d) Vivar.

2. What does Sharpe tell the Parkers to do when he sights French cavalry?
(a) Continue down the road.
(b) Stop and hide.
(c) Turn around.
(d) Go off the road to the right.

3. What does Sharpe do to a cavalry horse that reaches him?
(a) Pulls the rider off and mount it.
(b) Strikes it in the mouth with his sword.
(c) Cuts its front leg in half.
(d) Kicks it in the ribs.

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

5. From whom is Major Blas Vivar hiding a strongbox?
(a) The British.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The French.
(d) His sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Major Dunnet tell Captain Murray about the lieutenant?

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

3. Who does Sharpe meet in the night?

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

5. What does Vivar ask Sharpe to do?

(see the answer key)

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