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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was the fortress to which the soldiers come built?
(a) It was built when Vivar was a child.
(b) About a thousand years ago.
(c) About five hundred years.
(d) Vivar's grandfather built it.

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

4. What does the man in the black coat and white boots say to Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe knows where the strongbox is located.
(b) Vivar stole the strongbox from him.
(c) Sharpe is a liar.
(d) Sharpe will be hung.

5. Why is Sharpe worried about Louisa?
(a) Because he worries she doesn't love him.
(b) Because of the upcoming fight.
(c) Because she doesn't speak Spanish.
(d) The guerrillas may mistake her for being French.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Vivar tell Sharpe is coming to the fortress?

2. What does the French commander tell Sharpe?

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

4. Who intervenes when Sharpe and Vivar get into a fight?

5. What does Sharpe do when Harper thinks Sharpe has agreed with the men?

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