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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 Sharpe convince Runciman to do?
(a) Get better food for the troops.
(b) Get more ammunition.
(c) Appropriate some muskets for the Real Compañía Irlandesa.
(d) Have the general inspect the troops.

2. What does Tarrant tell Sharpe he has heard about?
(a) How Sharpe fought in the battle.
(b) That the young lieutenant died.
(c) That Loup is dead.
(d) Sharpe's court of inquiry.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is El Castrador's response to Sharpe's question?

2. How many men desert from the Real Compañía Irlandesa the first night?

3. What does the person in question #130 have to prove?

4. Who commanded the gatehouse not be opened during the attack?

5. What happened to the gatehouse where the Real Compañía Irlandesa officers were billeted?

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