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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long do the troops march?
(a) Until the late afternoon.
(b) All through the night.
(c) Until just after noon.
(d) Until sunset.

2. What does the guide want to do when the troops reach a stream?
(a) Bless it with holy water.
(b) Have the men bathe.
(c) Have the men stop to drink.
(d) Nothing.

3. What does Parker ask Sharpe to do?
(a) To lend him a rifle.
(b) To keep his niece safe.
(c) Negotiate the Parkers' release from the farmhouse.
(d) To allow his wife to leave.

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

5. What does Vivar say he must do because of the banner?
(a) Take the town of Santiago de Compostela.
(b) Drive the French from Madrid.
(c) Destroy Santiago de Compostela.
(d) Kill Napoleon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joins into the fight in the town?

2. Where does Sharpe put a dozen riflemen when he spots French cavalry?

3. What do the riflemen get from the French?

4. Why does Louisa invite herself to dinner?

5. What do the British and Spanish decide to do when they arrive at a village in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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