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

2. Why do the French leave San Isidoro?
(a) Loup is wounded.
(b) Two ammunition wagons blow up.
(c) The Portuguese outflank them.
(d) British reinforcements arrive.

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

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

5. Why is Father Sarsfield impressed with Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe is known as a famous swordsman.
(b) Sharpe can pick locks.
(c) Sharpe came up through the ranks.
(d) Sharpe has captured a French eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Guy Loup demand of Sharpe?

2. What does Ducos think about Loup's capabilities?

3. Where are most of the women and children located at San Isidoro?

4. How does Sharpe feel about the Real Compañía Irlandesa when he first meets them?

5. What does Kiely say about the status of his soldiers?

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