View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe do against the French in Chapter 1?
(a) Tricks them into an ambush.
(b) Poisons their water supply.
(c) Blows up their supply train.
(d) Sends them in the wrong direction.

2. Of what does Ducos accuse Helene?
(a) Spying for the English.
(b) Killing a top Napoleon aide.
(c) Having an affair with his brother.
(d) Stealing the fortune she has.

3. Why is Helene moving her fortune to France?
(a) She is a French citizen.
(b) She wants to support Napoleon.
(c) Her husband is after it.
(d) For safekeeping.

4. Why is Patrick worried about Sharpe?
(a) He thinks Sharpe is depressed.
(b) He thinks Sharpe is bored.
(c) He thinks Sharpe is suicidal.
(d) He thinks Sharpe is angry at him.

5. Where is Sharpe placed in Chapter 6 after he is arrested?
(a) In the stockade.
(b) He's under house arrest.
(c) A holding room.
(d) The dungeon at the governor's palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Lt. Colonel Leroy hold in the South Essex Battalion?

2. What will happen to the Marques' fortune?

3. Why was Sharpe arrested in Chapter 5?

4. Why did the Marques marry Helene?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 254 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample