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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, of the men chasing Vivar, knows the contents of the strongbox and where Vivar is going with it?
(a) The man in the black coat and white boots.
(b) Colonel Pierre de l'Eclin
(c) Richard Sharpe.
(d) Captain Murray.

2. What does Harper say about the riflemen fighting well?
(a) They will do only enough to survive.
(b) That they don't like Sharpe.
(c) That some will complain.
(d) They aren't ready for battle.

3. What does Sharpe do when Mrs. Parker refuses to leave the carriage?
(a) Pulls her out of it.
(b) Tells her husband to push her out.
(c) Cuts the horses loose from the carriage.
(d) Pushes the carriage over with her in it.

4. What does Harper refuse to do?
(a) Stay behind as rear guard.
(b) Carry the ammunition packs.
(c) Become an officer.
(d) Prepare to depart.

5. What does the French colonel say the French will allow?
(a) The Spanish volunteers to go free.
(b) The townspeople to leave.
(c) The Spanish to have the palace.
(d) Vivar to have his ceremony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will supposedly rise again if the banner is unfurled at Santiago de Compostela?

2. What does the French commander tell Sharpe?

3. What does the sergeant Williams order the riflemen to do before the second attack of the French?

4. What does the French colonel tell Sharpe when he meets him?

5. From what do the riflemen have to defend the French prisoners?

(see the answer key)

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