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

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

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

4. Why is Sharpe chastising himself about the battle?
(a) He did not see what a trap the barracks was.
(b) He should have been in the gatehouse.
(c) He should have saved more of the Portuguese.
(d) He did not think Loup would attack.

5. What will calling Sharpe to task do?
(a) Show the troops war crimes will not be tolerated.
(b) Show other officers that are responsible for their men.
(c) Prove the British care about foreign troops.
(d) Show the French the upper echelons do not kill prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is El Castrador?

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

3. What does Sharpe ask El Castrador to do?

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

5. What happens to Sharpe's request about supplies to the British headquarters?

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