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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 do when he gets within a few yards of San Cristobal?
(a) Crawls on his belly.
(b) Returns to his men.
(c) Gets up and walks.
(d) Lays still and observes.

2. What do the British need the most in their scapegoat for San Isidoro?
(a) A man of high enough rank.
(b) Someone with no career in the army.
(c) Someone who has no family.
(d) Someone who is not British.

3. How did Runciman survive the attack?
(a) He was in the gatehouse.
(b) He was in the stables.
(c) He went into the vegetable cellar.
(d) Hiding behind a pile of ammunition.

4. How do they know who the man is who saved them?
(a) They never found out.
(b) It was the man assigned to guard that area.
(c) They found the man's tobacco tin.
(d) Loup left the man hanging from a tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hogan throw into Kiely's grave?

2. What does Sharpe ask El Castrador to do?

3. What does Sharpe hear as he is entering San Cristobal?

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

5. How many of the Officers of the Real Compañía Irlandesa were killed or wounded?

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