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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man in the black coat and white boots say to Sharpe?
(a) Vivar stole the strongbox from him.
(b) Sharpe is a liar.
(c) Sharpe will be hung.
(d) Sharpe knows where the strongbox is located.

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

3. How does Vivar refer to his brother?
(a) As a traitor.
(b) As a murderer who killed their father.
(c) As a duke.
(d) As his half brother.

4. Who is the young British woman at the village?
(a) The wife of the village mayor.
(b) George Parker's niece.
(c) A visiting noblewoman.
(d) Harper's sister.

5. What does Sharpe tell the Parkers to do when he sights French cavalry?
(a) Continue down the road.
(b) Go off the road to the right.
(c) Turn around.
(d) Stop and hide.

6. Why is Sharpe worried about Louisa?
(a) Because of the upcoming fight.
(b) Because he worries she doesn't love him.
(c) Because she doesn't speak Spanish.
(d) The guerrillas may mistake her for being French.

7. What does Williams suggest to Sharpe?
(a) They go east away from the French.
(b) They surrender to the French.
(c) They scatter in the woods.
(d) They rescue the prisoners.

8. What does Sharpe tell Harper he plans for the troops to do?
(a) Stay where they are until the British main force finds them.
(b) March to Lisbon.
(c) Go to Madrid.
(d) Head for the ocean.

9. What does Murray say he will give Sharpe?
(a) His sword to replace the one Sharpe broke.
(b) Command of the riflemen.
(c) His horse.
(d) His extra uniforms.

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

11. For what does Vivar thank Harper?
(a) Covering the bridge across the river.
(b) Starting the forest fire.
(c) Saving the stongbox.
(d) Saving Vivar's life.

12. What does Sharpe do when Harper thinks Sharpe has agreed with the men?
(a) Slaps Harper.
(b) Attacks Harper.
(c) Has Harper put in chains.
(d) Nothing.

13. What does Sharpe advise Vivar not to do?
(a) Take cover in the woods.
(b) Charge the hill from the right flank.
(c) A frontal attack.
(d) Come from the left flank.

14. Where was Vivar when his wife died?
(a) In America.
(b) In Britain.
(c) In Spain.
(d) In France.

15. What do Sharpe's men do when he assembles them in the morning?
(a) Make loud, enthusiastic calls.
(b) Ask for breakfast.
(c) Complain about the hour.
(d) Tell Sharpe they are still not going to Lisbon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Williams tell Sharpe that Vivar has told Williams about the strongbox?

2. Who does Sharpe meet with in the French troops?

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

4. What does Sharpe do when they are running for the farmhouse?

5. What does Vivar tell Sharpe the strongbox contains?

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