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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary for Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sharpe do as Loup is leaving?
(a) Tells Loup he is going to kill him.
(b) Gives him a two finger salute.
(c) Throws a rock at Loup's horse.
(d) Hits him in the face.

3. Who is El Castrador?
(a) Sharpe's brother-in-law.
(b) Head of the Spanish 405th. Rifle Company.
(c) The mayor of San Isidoro.
(d) A Spanish partisan.

4. What does Sharpe leave on the ridge when he orders his men into the village?
(a) Their horses.
(b) Sharpshooters.
(c) Their equipment.
(d) Nothing.

5. Where does Runciman say he spent some time in the army?
(a) North Africa.
(b) India.
(c) Prussia.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kiely's duel with a Frenchman end?

2. How much help is Sergeant Harper to Sharpe?

3. What goes over a cliff in Harper's story?

4. What does Sharpe hand to a young Spanish woman?

5. Why will de Elia be meeting Loup?

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