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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 do the Spanish think about Sharpe being sentenced to hanging?
(a) It is right.
(b) They don't have an opinion.
(c) It is wrong, he didn't do it.
(d) It is too good and quick.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Leroy confront Sharpe?

2. Where does Sharpe find Helene?

3. What does Angel do obsessively with his weapon?

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

5. In what country was Leroy born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is assigned to defend Sharpe and what does he tell Sharpe?

5. Why is Angel helping Sharpe and what kind of weapon does he carry?

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

7. 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?

8. Why is Patrick worried about Sharpe in Chapter Three?

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

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

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