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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 nationality is Helene Leroux's husband?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) Portuguese.
(d) English.

2. What does Father Hacha tell the Marques about the outcome of the duel?
(a) That the general won.
(b) That it was a draw.
(c) That Sharpe surrendered.
(d) That Sharpe won.

3. Where did Sharpe get the telescope he owns?
(a) From the army.
(b) From Wellington.
(c) From the Prince of Wales.
(d) From his father.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Father Hacha feel about Sharpe's death?

2. Why is Helene moving her fortune to France?

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

4. How old was Angel when his family was killed?

5. Who challenges Sharpe to a duel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hogan order Sharpe to do and why?

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

3. How does Sharpe feel about tents, why does he feel that way and what does he and Patrick think they might be able to do about them?

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

5. What is el Matarife doing with a prisoner when Sharpe meets him at the inn and what does Sharpe do about it?

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

7. How did Sharpe survive his death sentence?

8. What does the Mother Superior at the convent ask Sharpe and what does he tell her?

9. What is the Marques and Father Hacha discussing in Chapter Five? What does the Marques say about his wife?

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

(see the answer keys)

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