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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can the British defend the barracks?
(a) Through the windows.
(b) From the second floor eaves.
(c) From the roof.
(d) Through loopholes.

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

3. What does Sharpe find out about Kiely when he speaks with him?
(a) He has a son in the army.
(b) He doesn't want to fight the French.
(c) He is a widow.
(d) He really wants to fight the French.

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

5. Why is Sharpe feeling bitter and defeated after the first battle at the village?
(a) He thinks the British are going to lose.
(b) He wants to quit the army.
(c) He has killed so many young men that day.
(d) Facing the court of inquiry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much notice does Sharpe have that the Portuguese battalion is coming?

2. What are the two Frenchmen in the village doing when Sharpe arrives?

3. Why does Sharpe suggest the rumors are false?

4. What does Sharpe convince Runciman to do?

5. What does Guy Loup demand of Sharpe?

(see the answer key)

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