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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kiely say is the reason men desert?
(a) They are afraid to die.
(b) They are not fighting enough.
(c) They are bored and feel under-valued.
(d) They don't like the army food.

2. Of what does Sharpe accuse Loup?
(a) Murder.
(b) Being stupid.
(c) Rape.
(d) Stealing.

3. What does Sharpe, when following Kiely, suggest to Kiely the day after the attack?
(a) That Kiely is controlled by his fiance.
(b) That the two of them fight it out.
(c) That Kiely was very courageous.
(d) That Kiely is unable to function in a real battle.

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

5. What are the two Frenchmen in the village doing when Sharpe arrives?
(a) Raping a young woman.
(b) Killing the Spanish men.
(c) Burning the houses.
(d) Sleeping off a drunk.

6. What does Sharpe ask El Castrador?
(a) If he plans to move his base of operations.
(b) If he was ever a normal person.
(c) If he wants to go to look for Loup with Sharpe.
(d) If El Castrador's wife is still alive.

7. How does San Cristobal appear when Sharpe arrives there?
(a) Full of Spainish civilians.
(b) Empty.
(c) Bustling with soldiers.
(d) As if Loup had burned the place.

8. What does Hogan tell Sharpe when he comes to San Isidoro?
(a) They are putting the blame on Runciman.
(b) Runciman will be executed.
(c) Sharpe will go before a board of inquiry.
(d) Sharpe did well under the circumstances.

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

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

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

12. What does Sharpe convince Runciman to do?
(a) Get better food for the troops.
(b) Get more ammunition.
(c) Have the general inspect the troops.
(d) Appropriate some muskets for the Real Compañía Irlandesa.

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

14. Where does Runciman say he spent some time in the army?
(a) India.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Prussia.
(d) North Africa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ducos plan to do with the British forces?

2. What will Juanita's undercover disguise be?

3. Who is the one officer in the Real Compañía Irlandesa that Sharpe respects?

4. Why does Lord Kiely take offense at Sharpe when they first meet?

5. What does Sharpe stress to Oliveira about Loup?

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