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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sharpe tell Williams to do if he does not want to obey Sharpe?

3. What does Sharpe tell Parker his strategy is after they are in the farmhouse?

4. What does Sharpe tell Harper he plans for the troops to do?

5. What does Sharpe do when Captain Murray is hit with a musket round?

(see the answer key)

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