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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Sharpe feel guilty?
(a) About the death of his wife.
(b) About the death of his daughter.
(c) That his wife lost a leg to artillery.
(d) That Harper was killed.

3. What do the witnesses against Sharpe say they used to identify him?
(a) His height.
(b) His boot prints.
(c) His large, straight sword.
(d) His sword and his walk.

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

5. What does the condemned man do when the noose is put around his neck?
(a) Swears.
(b) Smiles.
(c) Fights the guards.
(d) Falls into the guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen to Sharpe if he is found guilty?

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

3. In Chapter 3 what does Harper think Sharpe might do that worries Harper?

4. What does Leroy want Sharpe to buy?

5. In what country was Leroy born?

(see the answer key)

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