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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hogan warn Sharpe about with the French?
(a) They are moving west.
(b) Not to get caught by them.
(c) They want to see him dead also.
(d) They will shoot him for a spy.

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

4. What will happen to Sharpe if he is found guilty?
(a) He'll be transported.
(b) He will hang.
(c) He'll be put in prison for 20 years.
(d) He'll be stripped of his rank.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isabella want from Harper?

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

3. What does Angel do obsessively with his weapon?

4. Who challenges Sharpe to a duel?

5. What nationality does Sharpe pretend to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sentence does Sharpe receive at the end of his trial and how do the Spanish feel about it?

2. What is Sharpe doing against the French in Chapter One?

3. Why is La Marquesa angry in Chapter Eight and what happens in her encounter with Hacha?

4. Why is Angel worried about Sharpe's plan in Chapter Eleven and what does Sharpe tell him?

5. What is Sharpe observing in Chapter Ten and what does he think about his horse?

6. What evidence does Major Vaughn use against Sharpe and what does he say is Sharpe's motivation? How does Sharpe respond to the Major's suppositions?

7. How do Sharpe and Angel get past the ambush with La Marquesa?

8. What does Father Hacha think to accomplish with his actions?

9. Why is el Matarife at an inn near the Convent of the Heavens and what does he do about Wellington's request?

10. Describe what the Spanish see during Sharpe's supposed execution.

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