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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hogan tell Sharpe he has to do?
(a) Go to France.
(b) Return to England.
(c) Kill Ducos.
(d) Find out who is behind the murder.

2. What is the name of Sharpe's horse?
(a) Carbine.
(b) Courage.
(c) Sharpshooter.
(d) Rifle.

3. What does Hacha think about the death of the Marques?
(a) He deserved it.
(b) It will save Spain.
(c) He was a Catholic so will go to heaven.
(d) Sharpe had no reason to kill him.

4. What puts Sharpe in a bad mood in Chapter 3?
(a) Harper telling him to go get drunk.
(b) His wife's arrival.
(c) The arrival of a Spanish officer.
(d) Having to ride a mule.

5. What position does Lt. Colonel Leroy hold in the South Essex Battalion?
(a) Aide-de-camp.
(b) Company commander.
(c) Strategic adviser to the battalion commander.
(d) Battalions Commander.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hogan promise the man in question #49 if he would hang in Sharpe's place?

2. How does Ducos feel towards Helene?

3. Why was Sharpe arrested in Chapter 5?

4. Why does Sharpe feel guilty?

5. Why was Sharpe's execution staged?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is La Marquesa angry in Chapter Eight and what happens in her encounter with Hacha?

2. Why is el Matarife at an inn near the Convent of the Heavens and what does he do about Wellington's request?

3. Why does Sharpe feel guilty in Chapter One?

4. What does Hogan order Sharpe to do and why?

5. What does Hogan call Sharpe's situation and how does he describe it?

6. How do Sharpe and Angel get past the ambush with La Marquesa?

7. Why does Leroy confront Sharpe and what does he want Sharpe to do?

8. What is the Marques and Father Hacha discussing in Chapter Five? What does the Marques say about his wife?

9. Why is Angel helping Sharpe and what kind of weapon does he carry?

10. What is Sharpe observing in Chapter Ten and what does he think about his horse?

(see the answer keys)

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