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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does an English sergeant jerk on the prisoner's legs?
(a) To straighten out his trousers.
(b) To snap his neck.
(c) To take his shoes.
(d) To keep him from falling.

2. Who was hanged instead of Sharpe?
(a) Richard Stamford.
(b) Patrick Dooley.
(c) John Eddington.
(d) George Trenton.

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

4. What puts Sharpe in a bad mood in Chapter 3?
(a) The arrival of a Spanish officer.
(b) Harper telling him to go get drunk.
(c) Having to ride a mule.
(d) His wife's arrival.

5. To where is the French marching in Chapter 10?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Burgos.
(c) De la Toulaine Geninie.
(d) Paris.

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

7. What kind of information is Angel getting?
(a) About the movements of the French army.
(b) About the La Marquesa.
(c) About the location of the next tavern.
(d) About where el Matarife might be.

8. What does Father Hacha tell the Marques about the outcome of the duel?
(a) That Sharpe won.
(b) That it was a draw.
(c) That the general won.
(d) That Sharpe surrendered.

9. What do Sharpe and Helene stop to retrieve as they leave the convent?
(a) Helene's small pistol.
(b) Helene's husband's will.
(c) Helene's clothes.
(d) Helene's jewelry.

10. Where does Sharpe find Helene?
(a) In the chapel.
(b) In a locked cell.
(c) In the refectory.
(d) In the novitiate's corridor.

11. What does Hacha think will happen to Spain because of the Sharpe incident?
(a) It will become a world power again.
(b) It will be conquered by England.
(c) It won't affect Spain at all.
(d) It will become even more corrupt.

12. 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.

13. What kind of hair does the prisoner being hung have?
(a) Short blond hair.
(b) Short black hair.
(c) Long brown hair.
(d) Long, black hair.

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

15. What does Angel want to happen to the French?
(a) They have their country completely destroyed.
(b) They win the war.
(c) Nothing, he doesn't care about the French.
(d) They are cast out of Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Sharpe's execution staged?

2. Why does Sharpe feel guilty?

3. How does Wellington feel about Sharpe's execution?

4. For what did Ducos use Helene in the past?

5. How old was Angel when his family was killed?

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