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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't the Spanish observers see the prisoner being hung?
(a) It is done inside the church courtyard.
(b) It is done at night.
(c) They are too far away.
(d) It is done inside the prison.

2. Why was Sharpe's execution staged?
(a) To please Helene.
(b) Politics.
(c) To set Sharpe up for spying.
(d) To get another man hung.

3. Who in Burgos knows Sharpe's true identity?
(a) Ducos.
(b) No one.
(c) Father Hacha.
(d) Verigny.

4. Why doesn't Wellington execute Sharpe?
(a) He doesn't beleive in the death penalty.
(b) He needs Sharpe to fight the French.
(c) He promised Sharpe's wife.
(d) He knows that he is innocent.

5. Of what does Sharpe remind La Marquesa?
(a) That he is going by the name of Vaughn.
(b) That he will not hesitate to kill her if she does not cooperate.
(c) That her husband is held captive.
(d) That he once asked her to marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe blame for his current predicament?

2. In what castle's dungeon is Sharpe languishing?

3. What is Sharpe given before he leaves the prison?

4. Why does Wellington have a special connection with Sharpe?

5. Why does Ducos hate Sharpe?

(see the answer key)

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