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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What keeps French reinforcements from crushing Vivar and Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe kills the French commanding officer.
(b) The French have to cross a river.
(c) A forest fire on the south.
(d) Harper gets loose and cuts them off.

3. What does the French colonel say the French will allow?
(a) The townspeople to leave.
(b) The Spanish volunteers to go free.
(c) The Spanish to have the palace.
(d) Vivar to have his ceremony.

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

5. Why does Sharpe think the French are unlikely to surrender?
(a) Because he knows Vivar's brother is in the palace.
(b) Because he knows there are a lot of French in the palace.
(c) Because the local bandits have a bad reputation for torture.
(d) Because of the treatment of the first prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harper tell Sharpe about the Spanish volunteers?

2. From what do the riflemen have to defend the French prisoners?

3. What impresses Sharpe about Harper?

4. What does Louisa think she might be able to do to help with the planned attack?

5. Who does Sharpe meet with in the French troops?

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