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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is the open plain a bad place for the British to be?
(a) A fire could annihilate them.
(b) Artillery can reach them easier.
(c) There is no good hiding places.
(d) It opens them up to cavalry attacks.

3. What does Kiely do when he learns about the change in his life?
(a) Kills himself.
(b) Quits the military.
(c) Goes after Loup.
(d) Fights a duel with Sharpe.

4. What happened to the gatehouse where the Real Compañía Irlandesa officers were billeted?
(a) It was burned down.
(b) It was pounded with a ram.
(c) All of its windows were broken.
(d) Nothing.

5. What does Sharpe say about Kiely's suicide?
(a) There are better ways to kill oneself.
(b) He wouldn't have done it if he'd not gotten drunk.
(c) The men are better off without Kiely.
(d) It was too bad it did it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who talks to Sharpe about a morale problem?

2. What does Hogan tell Wellington about the French forces?

3. What does Wellington think about his decision to send part of his army south?

4. What does Sharpe see when looking at the French?

5. What does Sharpe do when he gets within a few yards of San Cristobal?

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