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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) Have minor brawls between the British and the Spanish troops.
(b) Stay off the main roads.
(c) Fight the French.
(d) Form into a cohesive army.

2. What will Vivar's troops do in the morning?
(a) Stay at the village.
(b) Go to Madrid.
(c) Go to Lisbon.
(d) Continue on to Satiago de Compostela.

3. Why does Louisa invite herself to dinner?
(a) She is curious about the strongbox.
(b) She wants to meet Vivar's father.
(c) She wants some decent food.
(d) To stay away from the troops for safety.

4. 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) Put him on a horse.
(d) Pick him up.

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

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

7. What do the British and Spanish troops discover when they enter a village?
(a) The men in the village have been taken prisoner by the French.
(b) All the men in the village have been killed.
(c) All the villagers have been slaughtered.
(d) The villagers have fled and left the village empty.

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

9. What does Vivar tell Sharpe the strongbox contains?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Money.
(c) Papers.
(d) Gold.

10. What does the French commander tell Sharpe?
(a) He will hang all of Sharpe's men as thieves.
(b) He will burn the farmhouse down.
(c) He will let them go if Sharpe gives him the strongbox.
(d) He has ten minutes to surrender.

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

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

13. What does Vivar say the Spanish people need?
(a) Less political in-fighting.
(b) More weapons.
(c) More time.
(d) A miracle.

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

15. What does Major Dunnet tell Captain Murray about the lieutenant?
(a) He is incompetent.
(b) The lieutenant is a great tactician.
(c) He is not a real officer.
(d) The lieutenant's men won't listen to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharpe talk to the French?

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

3. What does the man in the black coat and white boots say to Sharpe?

4. What does Murray say he will give Sharpe?

5. What does Williams suggest to Sharpe?

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