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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 the general won.
(b) That Sharpe surrendered.
(c) That Sharpe won.
(d) That it was a draw.

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

3. What do the witnesses against Sharpe say they used to identify him?
(a) His large, straight sword.
(b) His boot prints.
(c) His height.
(d) His sword and his walk.

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

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

6. Why is Helene moving her fortune to France?
(a) She wants to support Napoleon.
(b) Her husband is after it.
(c) She is a French citizen.
(d) For safekeeping.

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

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

9. What will happen to the Marques' fortune?
(a) Ducos will get it.
(b) The Marques brother will get it.
(c) It will go to the church.
(d) Helene will get it.

10. How does the prosecutor portray Sharpe?
(a) As a prideful man bent on revenge.
(b) As a sociopath.
(c) As a weak man.
(d) As an immoral man.

11. Who dropped the South Essex's arms in the river?
(a) Mr. Collip.
(b) Miles Haven.
(c) Harper.
(d) Mr. Cander.

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

13. 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.

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

15. What does the condemned man do when the noose is put around his neck?
(a) Falls into the guard.
(b) Fights the guards.
(c) Swears.
(d) Smiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hogan tell Sharpe he has to do?

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

3. Of what does Ducos accuse Helene?

4. What position does Lt. Colonel Leroy hold in the South Essex Battalion?

5. Why did the Marques marry Helene?

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