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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do the French plan to get close to the farmhouse?
(a) By pulling the supply wagons close to the house.
(b) By waving a white flag then throwing it down.
(c) With barricades to protect them.
(d) By hiding behind the carriage.

3. What does Vivar say he must do because of the banner?
(a) Take the town of Santiago de Compostela.
(b) Destroy Santiago de Compostela.
(c) Drive the French from Madrid.
(d) Kill Napoleon.

4. What does a lieutenant in a small village do in Chapter 1 right before the British are getting ready to withdraw?
(a) Gets drunk.
(b) Burns some crates.
(c) Steals food in his field pack.
(d) Takes rifle ammunition out of a crate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe advise Vivar not to do?

2. Why would Vivar not hang the banner in Santiago de Compostela?

3. What does the legend say will happen if the banner is ever captured?

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

5. What do the British and Spanish troops do while traveling west?

(see the answer key)

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