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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sharpe chastising himself about the battle?
(a) He did not think Loup would attack.
(b) He did not see what a trap the barracks was.
(c) He should have saved more of the Portuguese.
(d) He should have been in the gatehouse.

2. What are the two keys of Spain, according to the French?
(a) Killing the king and burning Madrid.
(b) Controlling the coast and Almeida.
(c) Badajoz and Ciudad Rodrigo.
(d) Almeida and Badajoz.

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

4. What does one of the Frenchmen do immediately?
(a) Runs into the woods.
(b) Shoots at Sharpe.
(c) Kills the young woman.
(d) Runs out and surrenders.

5. How many men desert from the Real Compañía Irlandesa the first night?
(a) Two.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe convince Runciman to do?

2. Why would the men of Real Compañía Irlandesa feel angry about the rumors of atrocities?

3. What position does Pierre Ducos have with the French military?

4. Who is with the Portuguese that Sharpe knows?

5. What does El Castrador tell Sharpe when he arrives after the battle?

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