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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 is Richard Sharpe and his troops' dilemma at the beginning of the book?
(a) They have no ammunition.
(b) They are lost.
(c) They have no food.
(d) They are surrounded.

2. What does Sharpe ask El Castrador to do?
(a) Kill and mutilate two deserters.
(b) Get a message to Sharpe's wife.
(c) Join them at San Isidoro.
(d) Find out where Loup is located.

3. What does Ducos disapprove of as far as soldiers go?
(a) Raping and killing civilians.
(b) Having affairs with their subordinates.
(c) Not following orders.
(d) Private rivalries.

4. Why will de Elia be meeting Loup?
(a) She knows his brother.
(b) She will be working with him.
(c) She is to marry him.
(d) She is supposed to kill him.

5. How did Kiely become the commander of the Real Compañía Irlandesa?
(a) By virtue of his birth.
(b) By order of the King.
(c) He was the second in command when the commander was killed.
(d) He purchased the position.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men desert from the Real Compañía Irlandesa the first night?

2. About what person does Harper tell a story?

3. What does Sharpe leave on the ridge when he orders his men into the village?

4. What does Sharpe do as Loup is leaving?

5. What does Sharpe tell the men about dead deserters?

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