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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Sharpe meet with in the French troops?
(a) Colonel de l'Eclin.
(b) Colonel de le'Tousi.
(c) Major Plume la Tieri.
(d) Captain Blaize.

3. What does Sharpe tell Harper he plans for the troops to do?
(a) Go to Madrid.
(b) Stay where they are until the British main force finds them.
(c) March to Lisbon.
(d) Head for the ocean.

4. What does Sharpe advise Vivar not to do?
(a) Charge the hill from the right flank.
(b) A frontal attack.
(c) Take cover in the woods.
(d) Come from the left flank.

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

6. What does Vivar say when Sharpe tells Vivar he plans to go south?
(a) There are no open roads to the south.
(b) Lisbon is to the north.
(c) The British are to the east.
(d) He will go with him.

7. What does Sharpe do to a cavalry horse that reaches him?
(a) Strikes it in the mouth with his sword.
(b) Cuts its front leg in half.
(c) Kicks it in the ribs.
(d) Pulls the rider off and mount it.

8. What does Sharpe order Williams to do at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Send men out for firewood.
(b) Form ranks.
(c) Take a squad to scout.
(d) Move the wounded.

9. How does Father Alzaga feel towards Sharpe?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Curious.

10. What does Sharpe tell the Parkers to do when he sights French cavalry?
(a) Go off the road to the right.
(b) Continue down the road.
(c) Stop and hide.
(d) Turn around.

11. Why does Sharpe talk to the French?
(a) To arrange safe passage for the Parkers.
(b) To assess their numbers.
(c) To let them know Vivar is not with them.
(d) To offer himself for his men's lives.

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

13. In what direction is Davila supposed to go when he leaves Vivar?
(a) North.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) South.

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

15. What does Vivar ask Sharpe to do?
(a) Provide covering fire so he can charge the French.
(b) Go south to draw the French away.
(c) Sneak behind the French lines.
(d) Leave the fighting to his Cazadores.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sharpe get a telescope?

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

3. What does Sharpe say he plans to do about the French to the French negotiator?

4. What do Sharpe's men do when he assembles them in the morning?

5. What does the French negotiator think Sharpe is trying to do?

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