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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twenty-Two and Chapter Twenty-Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sharpe do as he runs past the Mother Superior deeper into the convent?
(a) Knocks a young nun down.
(b) Shouts for Helene.
(c) Trips on a rug.
(d) Breaks the window over the altar.

3. How did Helene feel about her husband?
(a) Was indifferent to him.
(b) Hated him with a passion.
(c) Loved him greatly.
(d) Didn't like him.

4. What does Harper believe?
(a) That the French are feinting.
(b) That the British cannot possibly pull off a victory.
(c) That Richard Sharpe is still alive.
(d) That Sharpe is dead.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Hacha and el Matarife?

2. Why does Joseph Bonaparte need this victory?

3. Where did Patrick and Isabella meet?

4. To what do the British soldiers put on a brave face?

5. Why does Sharpe leave Burgos?

(see the answer key)

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