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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What appalls General Verigny?
(a) That Sharpe is not who he first said he was.
(b) That Sharpe kills two men.
(c) The way Sharpe is treated.
(d) That Ducos has been too easy on Sharpe.

3. Why does Wellington have a special connection with Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe and Wellington went through college together.
(b) Wellington's sister is married to Sharpe.
(c) Sharpe saved his life once.
(d) Wellington saved Sharpe's lfie once.

4. In what castle's dungeon is Sharpe languishing?
(a) Givenchy.
(b) Roebillards.
(c) Servichy.
(d) Burgos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Ducos accuse Helene?

2. To where is the French marching in Chapter 10?

3. About what treaty does La Marquesa tell Sharpe?

4. What do the Spanish think about Sharpe being sentenced to hanging?

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

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