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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. Why does Sharpe run back into the town?
(a) To go back to the tavern.
(b) To find Louisa.
(c) To tell his men to get ready to leave.
(d) To make a request of Vivar.

2. Where do the riflemen go after they are gathered together?
(a) They go to the chapel.
(b) They surround the palace.
(c) They get up on the city walls.
(d) They leave the city.

3. When was the fortress to which the soldiers come built?
(a) Vivar's grandfather built it.
(b) About five hundred years.
(c) About a thousand years ago.
(d) It was built when Vivar was a child.

4. Where will the product in question #153 be taken?
(a) To the palace.
(b) To the Spanish volunteers.
(c) To the center of town.
(d) To the riflemen.

5. What does Vivar say will defeat the French in Spain?
(a) The Spanish have a better army.
(b) Napoleon is going to die young.
(c) The French need the Spanish to feed them.
(d) There are too many hiding places for guerrillas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who recognizes Sharpe when he enters the palace?

3. Why are Sharpe and Harper looking to the south and west of town?

4. Who does Vivar tell Sharpe is coming to the fortress?

5. What does Sharpe do when Captain Murray is hit with a musket round?

(see the answer key)

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