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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twenty Six and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of weapon does Angel carry?
(a) A cavalry sword.
(b) A Bowie knife.
(c) A Baker rifle.
(d) A hunting bow.

2. How does Sharpe threaten the Mother Superior?
(a) That he will shoot her.
(b) That he will disrupt the entire convent.
(c) That his soldiers will overrun the convent.
(d) That he will burn them out.

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

4. To what does Hogan compare the situation with Sharpe?
(a) A matter of fate.
(b) A stupid mistake.
(c) A torno.
(d) A discharge of judgment.

5. Whose release is Sharpe negotiating with El Matarife?
(a) Verigny.
(b) Angel.
(c) No one.
(d) La Marquesa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mother Superior ask Sharpe to do when he meets her?

2. Where do Sharpe and Helene stop?

3. Why does Sharpe not like the idea of a prisoner exchange?

4. What arrives at the Sharpe's camp in Chapter 3 that Sharpe believes is unnecessary?

5. Where did Sharpe get the telescope he owns?

(see the answer key)

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