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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. About what does Helene boast to Ducos?
(a) Her abilities in bed.
(b) Her relationship with Napoleon.
(c) Her friendship with the Spanish queen.
(d) The amount of her personal assets.

4. Why doesn't Wellington execute Sharpe?
(a) He doesn't beleive in the death penalty.
(b) He needs Sharpe to fight the French.
(c) He knows that he is innocent.
(d) He promised Sharpe's wife.

5. Why does Sharpe want to know why Helene wrote the letter besides the political significance of it?
(a) For personal satisfaction.
(b) Out of curiosity.
(c) To be able to kill Ducos with a clear conscience.
(d) To be able to have Helene arrested.

6. Why did the Marques marry Helene?
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) Position.
(c) Money.
(d) Lust.

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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) He deserved it.
(d) Sharpe had no reason to kill him.

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

14. Why is Sharpe glad his horse has a long tail?
(a) To keep the flies off him.
(b) To hang onto it when fording a river.
(c) So he can braid it easily.
(d) To blend in with the French.

15. In what country was Leroy born?
(a) America.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe do when they arrive at the convent?

2. What does the court deny Sharpe in his request about being hung?

3. Why does Harper worry about Sharpe?

4. What do the witnesses against Sharpe say they used to identify him?

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

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