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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Under what name if Sharpe traveling in Chapter 10?
(a) Colonel Worthington.
(b) Captain Pending.
(c) Major Vaughn.
(d) Captain Ellsworth.

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

5. What does Isabella want from Harper?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Money.
(c) A child.
(d) Transportation to England.

6. How old was Angel when his family was killed?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Thirteen.

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

8. In what capacity will Trumper-Jones work at Sharpe's trial?
(a) Judge.
(b) Defending officer.
(c) Trial recorder.
(d) Prosecuting officer.

9. Why was the man in question #49 going to be hanged?
(a) For stealing ammunition.
(b) For shooting an officer.
(c) For raping Wellington's wife.
(d) For looting a church.

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

11. Topographically, where is the convent located?
(a) Near the Haceinte forest.
(b) At the highest point in a series of hills.
(c) In a city.
(d) On a river bend.

12. What does Angel so in reaction to his family's deaths?
(a) Cry at night.
(b) Kill all Spaniards.
(c) Doesn't talk.
(d) Aid the British whenver possible.

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

14. Where is Sharpe placed in Chapter 6 after he is arrested?
(a) The dungeon at the governor's palace.
(b) He's under house arrest.
(c) A holding room.
(d) In the stockade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What puts Sharpe in a bad mood in Chapter 3?

2. How does Helene appear to Sharpe?

3. Why does Harper worry about Sharpe?

4. Why is Angel worried about attacking the convent?

5. Of what does Ducos accuse Helene?

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