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

2. How does Sharpe threaten the Mother Superior?
(a) That he will disrupt the entire convent.
(b) That his soldiers will overrun the convent.
(c) That he will burn them out.
(d) That he will shoot her.

3. What does Angel do obsessively with his weapon?
(a) Threaten people with it.
(b) Clean it.
(c) Sleep with it.
(d) Play with it.

4. Why does Wellington have a special connection with Sharpe?
(a) Wellington's sister is married to Sharpe.
(b) Sharpe saved his life once.
(c) Sharpe and Wellington went through college together.
(d) Wellington saved Sharpe's lfie once.

5. Why doesn't Wellington execute Sharpe?
(a) He promised Sharpe's wife.
(b) He needs Sharpe to fight the French.
(c) He knows that he is innocent.
(d) He doesn't beleive in the death penalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Helene's husband feel about her letter to him in Chapter 5?

2. What does Angel so in reaction to his family's deaths?

3. Why does Harper worry about Sharpe?

4. What do Sharpe and Helene stop to retrieve as they leave the convent?

5. What does Hacha think will happen to Spain because of the Sharpe incident?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. Why can't Wellington execute Sharpe and what does Hogan tell Sharpe about his mission?

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

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

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

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

10. Who is La Marquesa and what is her nationality?

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