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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Williams tell Sharpe is the background of many of the riflemen?
(a) They are thugs and criminals.
(b) They are mostly from the cities.
(c) They have been drafted against their wishes.
(d) They are good sturdy farmers.

2. How long do the Spanish troops and the riflemen travel?
(a) For five hours.
(b) Through the night.
(c) From dawn to dusk.
(d) They march three days without stopping.

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

4. Why does Vivar bury the French dead?
(a) So their ghosts won't bother him.
(b) So they don't spread disease.
(c) So they have a Christian burial.
(d) So they don't attract wild animals.

5. What does Parker ask Sharpe to do?
(a) To lend him a rifle.
(b) To keep his niece safe.
(c) Negotiate the Parkers' release from the farmhouse.
(d) To allow his wife to leave.

6. What do the British and Spanish troops do while traveling west?
(a) Form into a cohesive army.
(b) Stay off the main roads.
(c) Have minor brawls between the British and the Spanish troops.
(d) Fight the French.

7. Who does Vivar tell Sharpe is coming to the fortress?
(a) Some men.
(b) A huge number of soldiers.
(c) His father.
(d) A delegation from the French.

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

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

10. Why has Louisa joined Sharpe's group?
(a) She is looking for a husband.
(b) She is tired of reading the Bible all the time.
(c) To get away from her uncle and aunt.
(d) To have an adventure.

11. Who does Sharpe meet with in the French troops?
(a) Major Plume la Tieri.
(b) Colonel de le'Tousi.
(c) Captain Blaize.
(d) Colonel de l'Eclin.

12. What does Harper do the night of the battle?
(a) Rallies the men against going south.
(b) Gives Sharpe a formal apology.
(c) Gets drunk.
(d) Challenges Sharpe to a duel.

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

14. From whom is Major Blas Vivar hiding a strongbox?
(a) His sister.
(b) The French.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The British.

15. Why does Sharpe talk to the French?
(a) To offer himself for his men's lives.
(b) To assess their numbers.
(c) To arrange safe passage for the Parkers.
(d) To let them know Vivar is not with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps French reinforcements from crushing Vivar and Sharpe?

2. What does Vivar encourage Sharpe to do about Harper?

3. Who is killed when the French assault the farmhouse?

4. What does Vivar tell Sharpe about how he deals with military regulations?

5. Why is Sharpe worried about Louisa?

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