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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 does Sharpe first find inside the strongbox?
(a) A pair of knives.
(b) A book.
(c) A leather box.
(d) A leather bag.

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

3. What does Vivar ask Sharpe to recount at the dinner table?
(a) Sharpe's military experience.
(b) How Sharpe saved Vivar.
(c) What Sharpe believes is in the strongbox.
(d) Sharpe's family history.

4. What happens to Major Dunnet during the battle with the French?
(a) He is killed.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He is wounded.
(d) He is taken prisoner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louisa do when the riflemen leave the farmhouse?

2. How does Vivar refer to his brother?

3. What does Sharpe ask Vivar about the riflemen?

4. At what do the riflemen laugh when they wait for orders?

5. What does the colonel suggest?

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