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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Sharpe and Harper discuss?
(a) Whether some of the riflemen should be sent to Lisbon immediately.
(b) Whether Harper will become a sergeant.
(c) That Harper wants to remain a sergeant permanently.
(d) Whether they should help Vivar.

2. What impresses Sharpe about Harper?
(a) How quickly he assumes the role of sergeant.
(b) How well he does as a private rifleman.
(c) Being able to beat anyone in a barroom brawl.
(d) How he can carry his big gun.

3. What does Williams tell Sharpe is the background of many of the riflemen?
(a) They have been drafted against their wishes.
(b) They are thugs and criminals.
(c) They are mostly from the cities.
(d) They are good sturdy farmers.

4. What does Williams suggest to Sharpe?
(a) They scatter in the woods.
(b) They go east away from the French.
(c) They rescue the prisoners.
(d) They surrender to the French.

5. What does Sharpe tell Williams to do if he does not want to obey Sharpe?
(a) Duel with him.
(b) Dig himself a grave.
(c) Quit the army.
(d) Resign as sergeant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tactic does Sharpe want to use to attack Santiago de Compostela?

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

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

4. What does the French commander tell Sharpe?

5. Who is killed when the French assault the farmhouse?

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