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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What arrives at the Sharpe's camp in Chapter 3 that Sharpe believes is unnecessary?
(a) Mules.
(b) Wagons.
(c) Field artillery.
(d) Tents.

2. With what does Sharpe begin to beat the door down on the convent?
(a) His rifle stock.
(b) A large rock.
(c) His feet.
(d) A heavy tree limb.

3. What do the Spanish think about Sharpe being sentenced to hanging?
(a) They don't have an opinion.
(b) It is too good and quick.
(c) It is right.
(d) It is wrong, he didn't do it.

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

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

6. What is Sharpe given before he leaves the prison?
(a) A horse.
(b) His belongings.
(c) A new uniform.
(d) His new name.

7. Who challenges Sharpe to a duel?
(a) A French spy.
(b) A Spanish spy.
(c) A Spanish general.
(d) The company commander.

8. What does Sharpe do as he runs past the Mother Superior deeper into the convent?
(a) Knocks a young nun down.
(b) Breaks the window over the altar.
(c) Trips on a rug.
(d) Shouts for Helene.

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

10. What is the result of what Sharpe did to the French in Chapter 1?
(a) Renders them immobile.
(b) He is promoted to general.
(c) He is able to return to England.
(d) Ninety percent of the French die.

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

12. How does Ducos feel towards Helene?
(a) He hates her.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He is angry at her.
(d) He is indifferent to her.

13. What does Angel do obsessively with his weapon?
(a) Play with it.
(b) Threaten people with it.
(c) Sleep with it.
(d) Clean it.

14. Why is Angel worried about attacking the convent?
(a) There are no soldiers there.
(b) His sister had been at a convent.
(c) It is all women.
(d) It is a holy place.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does an English sergeant jerk on the prisoner's legs?

3. Why does Sharpe feel guilty?

4. What is the prisoner being hung wear on his legs?

5. Why does Sharpe want to know why Helene wrote the letter besides the political significance of it?

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