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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 the person in question #130 have to prove?
(a) That Spain can hold its own against the French.
(b) An English should not be in charge of Spaniards.
(c) That Sharpe is a criminal.
(d) That the Spanish soldiers will not obey the English.

2. What does El Castrador tell Sharpe when he arrives after the battle?
(a) That he and his men killed forty of Loup's soldiers.
(b) That he has found more deserters.
(c) That Loup is holed up in a small village nearby.
(d) That Loup is coming again in two days.

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

4. What does Kiely say is the reason men desert?
(a) They don't like the army food.
(b) They are bored and feel under-valued.
(c) They are not fighting enough.
(d) They are afraid to die.

5. What is Sharpe using to look at the French troops?
(a) A telescope.
(b) A pair of glasses.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Binoculars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hogan do on the way to Kiely's burial?

3. How did Runciman survive the attack?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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