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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will Vivar's troops do in the morning?
(a) Go to Lisbon.
(b) Go to Madrid.
(c) Stay at the village.
(d) Continue on to Satiago de Compostela.

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

3. Who is the young British woman at the village?
(a) The wife of the village mayor.
(b) Harper's sister.
(c) George Parker's niece.
(d) A visiting noblewoman.

4. What does Sharpe learn about the road to Lisbon?
(a) The road is full of Spanish refugees.
(b) There is more than one road going there.
(c) The road has been destroyed.
(d) The road is clear.

5. Why does Vivar bury the French dead?
(a) So they don't attract wild animals.
(b) So they have a Christian burial.
(c) So their ghosts won't bother him.
(d) So they don't spread disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the person Sharpe meets dressed?

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

3. What does Sharpe think about advancing directly into the French troops?

4. What does Sharpe tell Parker his strategy is after they are in the farmhouse?

5. What does Sharpe order Hagman to do when the French begin firing again?

(see the answer key)

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