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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sharpe feel about the Real Compañía Irlandesa when he first meets them?
(a) Angry.
(b) Confused.
(c) Dismayed.
(d) Impressed.

2. What would happen if Wellington lost his entire force?
(a) It would cut the English army in half.
(b) England would have to leave Spain.
(c) He would be executed.
(d) He would be stripped of command.

3. What does Tarrant want Sharpe's greencoats to do?
(a) Join the troops in the south.
(b) Report to the colonel in charge of defending the village.
(c) Guard Tarrant and his staff.
(d) Guard the ammunition wagons.

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

5. What are Sharpe and his riflemen doing when they are moving south?
(a) Escorting ammunition.
(b) Heading to Fuentes de Onoro.
(c) Rescuing the seventh division.
(d) Supporting the Highlander and Warwick units.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Sharpe able to get El Castrador to see him?

3. About what does Sharpe lecture Donaju?

4. What formation is difficult for cavalry to attack?

5. What does Wellington abandon when his forces are united?

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