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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 and Historical Note.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will Vivar's troops do in the morning?
(a) Stay at the village.
(b) Go to Lisbon.
(c) Go to Madrid.
(d) Continue on to Satiago de Compostela.

2. Who does Sharpe see outside the city?
(a) The Spanish army.
(b) A rifle company.
(c) A British regiment.
(d) French cavalry.

3. What does Vivar want to discuss with Sharpe when Vivar comes to his table?
(a) When the riflemen are leaving.
(b) Louisa.
(c) The town's defense.
(d) The ceremony.

4. What keeps French reinforcements from crushing Vivar and Sharpe?
(a) Harper gets loose and cuts them off.
(b) Sharpe kills the French commanding officer.
(c) A forest fire on the south.
(d) The French have to cross a river.

5. What does the colonel suggest?
(a) A duel.
(b) A truce.
(c) That he exchange Louisa for Vivar.
(d) A mutual withdrawal from the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe tell Williams to do if he does not want to obey Sharpe?

2. What does Sharpe tell Parker his strategy is after they are in the farmhouse?

3. What does Sharpe tell the Parkers to do when he sights French cavalry?

4. How many men does Sharpe see outside the city?

5. What do Sharpe and Louisa say to each other when he sees her after the battle?

(see the answer key)

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