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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What surprises Michael Trumper-Jones about Sharpe's appearance?
(a) He is so handsome.
(b) He is short.
(c) He is so old.
(d) He wears no rank.

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

4. About what does Helene boast to Ducos?
(a) Her abilities in bed.
(b) The amount of her personal assets.
(c) Her relationship with Napoleon.
(d) Her friendship with the Spanish queen.

5. Who is Sharpe given to help him clear his name?
(a) Two intelligence officers.
(b) A boy named Angel.
(c) A small platoon.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ducos want Helene to do?

2. What kind of hair does the prisoner being hung have?

3. About what does Leroy confront Sharpe?

4. Why can't the Spanish observers see the prisoner being hung?

5. How does Father Hacha feel about Sharpe's death?

(see the answer key)

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