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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 witnesses against Sharpe say they used to identify him?
(a) His large, straight sword.
(b) His sword and his walk.
(c) His boot prints.
(d) His height.

2. Why is Angel worried about attacking the convent?
(a) It is all women.
(b) There are no soldiers there.
(c) His sister had been at a convent.
(d) It is a holy place.

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

4. What puts Sharpe in a bad mood in Chapter 3?
(a) The arrival of a Spanish officer.
(b) His wife's arrival.
(c) Having to ride a mule.
(d) Harper telling him to go get drunk.

5. What arrives at the Sharpe's camp in Chapter 3 that Sharpe believes is unnecessary?
(a) Wagons.
(b) Mules.
(c) Field artillery.
(d) Tents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of hair does the prisoner being hung have?

2. What did Hogan promise the man in question #49 if he would hang in Sharpe's place?

3. Why does an English sergeant jerk on the prisoner's legs?

4. To what does Hogan compare the situation with Sharpe?

5. What does Angel do obsessively with his weapon?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Sharpe feel guilty in Chapter One?

3. 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?

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

5. What does Ducos do to set La Marquesa up to do his bidding?

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

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

8. How did Sharpe survive his death sentence?

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

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

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