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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the riflemen go when they leave the farmhouse?
(a) They go behind the French troops.
(b) The go behind the barn.
(c) North on the road.
(d) They go into the woods.

2. What do the British and Spanish troops do while traveling west?
(a) Fight the French.
(b) Form into a cohesive army.
(c) Have minor brawls between the British and the Spanish troops.
(d) Stay off the main roads.

3. What does Vivar say when Sharpe asks for explanations of what they are doing?
(a) He tells him he doesn't have the need to know.
(b) He says he will talk later.
(c) Vivar says he can't tell Sharpe anything until the next week.
(d) He tells him about the strongbox.

4. What does Sharpe order Williams to do at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Take a squad to scout.
(b) Send men out for firewood.
(c) Form ranks.
(d) Move the wounded.

5. What does Vivar tell Sharpe about how he deals with military regulations?
(a) He gives his men a list of ten commands to learn and follow.
(b) He adheres to the book.
(c) He ignores them completely.
(d) He reduces them to three simple rules.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sharpe worried about Louisa?

2. For what does Vivar thank Harper?

3. What do the riflemen do as the British retreat from the French?

4. What does Sharpe learn about the road to Lisbon?

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

(see the answer key)

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