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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 does Kiely say about the status of his soldiers?
(a) They are incompetent but try hard.
(b) They want to go home.
(c) They are out of practice.
(d) They are lazy.

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

3. What does Hogan do on the way to Kiely's burial?
(a) Stop and have a drink.
(b) Get Father Sarsfield to do the burial.
(c) Have Harper hide behind a wall near the grave.
(d) Pull Sharpe aside.

4. How did Kiely become the commander of the Real Compañía Irlandesa?
(a) He purchased the position.
(b) By order of the King.
(c) He was the second in command when the commander was killed.
(d) By virtue of his birth.

5. What does Sharpe find out about Kiely when he speaks with him?
(a) He is a widow.
(b) He really wants to fight the French.
(c) He doesn't want to fight the French.
(d) He has a son in the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does San Cristobal appear when Sharpe arrives there?

2. Why have the French called an unofficial truce?

3. What do the British need the most in their scapegoat for San Isidoro?

4. What does Hogan tell Sharpe when he comes to San Isidoro?

5. What does Tarrant tell Sharpe he has heard about?

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