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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Williams tell Sharpe is part of the reason the riflemen have fought so hard?
(a) So they do not have to march to Lisbon.
(b) So that Shapre would free Harper.
(c) To help Vivar save the strongbox.
(d) So that they could loot the French dead.

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

5. What do the riflemen do as the British retreat from the French?
(a) Take the point.
(b) Conduct guerrilla warfare.
(c) Guard the flanks.
(d) Guard the rear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Vivar's troops do in the morning?

2. Who intervenes when Sharpe and Vivar get into a fight?

3. What do the lieutenant's clothes look like?

4. What does Murray say he will give Sharpe?

5. What do the British and Spanish troops discover when they enter a village?

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