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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe do when Mrs. Parker refuses to leave the carriage?
(a) Pushes the carriage over with her in it.
(b) Tells her husband to push her out.
(c) Pulls her out of it.
(d) Cuts the horses loose from the carriage.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Sharpe learn about the road to Lisbon?
(a) The road is clear.
(b) There is more than one road going there.
(c) The road has been destroyed.
(d) The road is full of Spanish refugees.

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

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

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

12. What does Sharpe command Harper to do?
(a) To go to the attic and set up his big gun.
(b) To be sergeant.
(c) To sneak out of the farmhouse and go find the army.
(d) To escort the Parkers to their carriage.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Major Dunnet during the battle with the French?

3. Who wakes Sharpe in the night in Chapter 6?

4. What does Harper suggest they do with the Parker's carriage?

5. For what does Vivar thank Harper?

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