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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 has come to light which incriminates Sharpe?
(a) A bloody knife.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A note from the Marque.
(d) La Marquesa's letter.

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

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

4. What does Ducos want Helene to do?
(a) Accuse Sharpe of ill conduct towards her.
(b) Leave her husband.
(c) Seduce Sharpe.
(d) Take a letter to France.

5. 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?

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country was Leroy born?

2. How does Wellington feel about Sharpe's execution?

3. Why is Helene moving her fortune to France?

4. What does Father Hacha tell the Marques about the outcome of the duel?

5. Who dropped the South Essex's arms in the river?

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 d'Alembord doing to help Sharpe with his duel, what has he done in secret and how did Sharpe's last duel end?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What event happens concerning the Marque after his discussion with Father Hacha?

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

(see the answer keys)

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