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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What position does Lt. Colonel Leroy hold in the South Essex Battalion?

4. How does Ducos feel towards Helene?

5. Where has Angel gone in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is el Matarife at an inn near the Convent of the Heavens and what does he do about Wellington's request?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Sharpe do when he first arrives at the convent where Helene is being held?

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

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

10. Why does Sharpe feel guilty in Chapter One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sharpe's Honor is one book in a series of novels involving Richard Sharpe. Discuss the following.

1. What are two advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.

2. What is a disadvantage of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.

3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

Sharpe's Honour, like many, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why? not?

2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Sharpe's Honour and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Sharpe's Honour is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. State what you think are three characteristics of a successful novel and whether or not Sharpe's Honour in your opinion is a successful novel.

Essay Topic 3

Politics and manipulation influence much of what happens in Sharpe's Honour. Discuss one of the following:

1. Describe the political situation in Sharpe's Honour and how it impacts the actions of three of the major characters.

2. Discuss and analyze several people who try to manipulate Sharpe and his responses to them.

3. Discuss how and why Hacha's behavior is related to politics and why his behavior is an example of manipulation. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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