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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the French do to get to Sharpe's troops?
(a) Demand his surrender.
(b) Set the building on fire.
(c) Hold Oliveira hostage.
(d) Climb the roof.

2. What does Sharpe explain to Tarrant?
(a) How the French attacked the village.
(b) Morality.
(c) That Juanita had carried the false newspapers.
(d) Politics.

3. What does Tarrant say about the French in relationship to his job?
(a) He thinks the French do not have the equivalent position.
(b) He hopes the French do not have someone as good as him.
(c) He knows the man who holds his position in the French army.
(d) He hopes the French do as poor a job.

4. What does Sharpe leave on the ridge when he orders his men into the village?
(a) Their equipment.
(b) Sharpshooters.
(c) Their horses.
(d) Nothing.

5. How many men desert from the Real Compañía Irlandesa the first night?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Two.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sharpe chastising himself about the battle?

2. What does El Castrador want to know about dead soldier's teeth?

3. Why does Sharpe call a formation?

4. What happens to Thompson when he leaves for the latrine?

5. What does Ducos think about Loup's capabilities?

(see the answer key)

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