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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 Murray believe when he offers Sharpe advice?
(a) Sharpe is a poor officer.
(b) Murray believes he is about to die.
(c) He can give Sharpe aid in adjusting to being an officer.
(d) They can outwit the French.

2. What happens to Major Dunnet during the battle with the French?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He is wounded.
(c) He is killed.
(d) He is taken prisoner.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Vivar say will defeat the French in Spain?

3. What does Sharpe order Williams to do at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. What does Harper do the night of the battle?

5. Why has Louisa joined Sharpe's group?

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