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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 3 what does Harper think Sharpe might do that worries Harper?
(a) Get into trouble.
(b) Get drunk?
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Quit the military.

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

5. What is the name of Sharpe's horse?
(a) Rifle.
(b) Sharpshooter.
(c) Carbine.
(d) Courage.

6. How does Father Hacha feel about Sharpe's death?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Relief.
(d) Regret.

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

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

9. Why does Sharpe write a letter to Major Hogan?
(a) To get him to defend him.
(b) To tell him what actually happened.
(c) To get Harper transferred.
(d) To inform him of his Wife's death.

10. Where has Angel gone in Chapter 10?
(a) Back to the British army.
(b) To his mother's house.
(c) To a farmhouse down the road.
(d) To the city.

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

12. What does the Mother Superior ask Sharpe to do when he meets her?
(a) To bring some water.
(b) To wait until the morning.
(c) To leave the convent.
(d) To cut some firewood.

13. Why was Sharpe arrested in Chapter 5?
(a) For the murder of Helene's husband.
(b) For selling the tents.
(c) For selling the mules.
(d) For stealing from the Spainish.

14. Who is Sharpe given to help him clear his name?
(a) A small platoon.
(b) A boy named Angel.
(c) No one.
(d) Two intelligence officers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is Sharpe glad his horse has a long tail?

4. How does Sharpe observe the French army?

5. What nationality does Sharpe pretend to be?

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