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

2. How does San Cristobal appear when Sharpe arrives there?
(a) Full of Spainish civilians.
(b) Bustling with soldiers.
(c) As if Loup had burned the place.
(d) Empty.

3. Why do some of the soldiers prowl through the bodies after the battle?
(a) Looking for friends.
(b) Collecting weapons.
(c) Searching for valuables.
(d) To spit on the enemy.

4. What does Hogan tell Sharpe when he comes to San Isidoro?
(a) Runciman will be executed.
(b) Sharpe did well under the circumstances.
(c) Sharpe will go before a board of inquiry.
(d) They are putting the blame on Runciman.

5. Who is El Castrador?
(a) Sharpe's brother-in-law.
(b) The mayor of San Isidoro.
(c) Head of the Spanish 405th. Rifle Company.
(d) A Spanish partisan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe tell the men about dead deserters?

2. What does Donju suggest about the British and the men of the Real Compañía Irlandesa?

3. Why does Sharpe think the men desert?

4. What does Sharpe say to Hogan about Sarsfield?

5. Why have the French called an unofficial truce?

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