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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sharpe do to a cavalry horse that reaches him?
(a) Pulls the rider off and mount it.
(b) Kicks it in the ribs.
(c) Strikes it in the mouth with his sword.
(d) Cuts its front leg in half.

3. What does Williams tell Sharpe that Vivar has told Williams about the strongbox?
(a) It contains gold.
(b) It contains precious jewels.
(c) It is the King's Great Seal.
(d) It has valuable intelligence information.

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

5. Where does Sharpe put a dozen riflemen when he spots French cavalry?
(a) Across the road in a line.
(b) Formed into a square in the middle of the road.
(c) Behind the Parkers' carriage.
(d) In a group of trees.

6. 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.

7. Who does Sharpe meet in the night?
(a) A British woman.
(b) Harper.
(c) A Spanish woman.
(d) Vivar's lieutenant.

8. What does Sharpe think about advancing directly into the French troops?
(a) He does not consider it.
(b) It will let Vivar get away.
(c) It will ensure victory.
(d) It is risky.

9. Who wakes Sharpe in the night in Chapter 6?
(a) Harper.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A monk.
(d) Vivar.

10. What does the French negotiator think Sharpe is trying to do?
(a) Sabotage his capture of Vivar.
(b) Help Vivar escape.
(c) Draw him away from Vivar's position.
(d) Stop the French advance.

11. What does Vivar ask Sharpe to do?
(a) Sneak behind the French lines.
(b) Go south to draw the French away.
(c) Provide covering fire so he can charge the French.
(d) Leave the fighting to his Cazadores.

12. Who arrives at the farmhouse with extra cavalry?
(a) Captain Blaize.
(b) Major Roberto de la Couscella.
(c) Colonel de le'Tousi.
(d) Vivar.

13. In the prologue, where have Vivar and his men taken refuge?
(a) In the Black Forest.
(b) In Madrid.
(c) In the mountains.
(d) In Santiago de Compostela.

14. What does Sharpe do when Captain Murray is hit with a musket round?
(a) Kill the French soldier who shot the captain.
(b) Call for a medic.
(c) Pick him up.
(d) Put him on a horse.

15. How is the person Sharpe meets dressed?
(a) Immaculately.
(b) As a Spanish gentleman.
(c) Sloppily.
(d) He is dressed in a tattered and worn uniform.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivar tell Sharpe the strongbox contains?

2. What does the sergeant Williams order the riflemen to do before the second attack of the French?

3. What does Murray believe when he offers Sharpe advice?

4. When was the fortress to which the soldiers come built?

5. What does Sharpe command Harper to do?

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