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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary for Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a look-out spot below them?
(a) A deer.
(b) Two hundred British soldiers.
(c) A French soldier stopping to urinate.
(d) A woman who is injured.

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

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

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

5. What makes Sharpe change his mind about ignoring the small settlement below them?
(a) Hearing a woman scream.
(b) Watching the French leave only fifteen men.
(c) To see if he can find out the name of the village.
(d) Deciding there might be food there.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can the British defend the barracks?

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

3. What position will Colonel Claud Runciman fill with the Real Compañía Irlandesa?

4. What happens to Thompson when he leaves for the latrine?

5. What does one of the Frenchmen do immediately?

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