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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the Portuguese battalion survived the attack by Loup?
(a) One half.
(b) About a quarter.
(c) Only about one fifth.
(d) One third.

2. What does Sharpe ask El Castrador to do?
(a) Find out where Loup is located.
(b) Kill and mutilate two deserters.
(c) Get a message to Sharpe's wife.
(d) Join them at San Isidoro.

3. What does Kiely have to do before he talks much in the morning?
(a) Eat a large breakfast.
(b) Spar with a decent swordsman.
(c) Drink enough alcohol.
(d) Go to morning prayer.

4. How did Runciman survive the attack?
(a) He went into the vegetable cellar.
(b) He was in the stables.
(c) He was in the gatehouse.
(d) Hiding behind a pile of ammunition.

5. How does Kiely's duel with a Frenchman end?
(a) Juanita shoots his opponent.
(b) Kiely cuts off the Frenchman's hand.
(c) The Frenchman draws first blood.
(d) Kiely kills his opponent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe find out about Kiely when he speaks with him?

2. What does Kiely say about the status of his soldiers?

3. How do they know who the man is who saved them?

4. What does Sharpe do when he gets within a few yards of San Cristobal?

5. Why do some of the soldiers prowl through the bodies after the battle?

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