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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sharpe write a letter to Major Hogan?
(a) To tell him what actually happened.
(b) To get Harper transferred.
(c) To get him to defend him.
(d) To inform him of his Wife's death.

2. What is the name of Sharpe's horse?
(a) Sharpshooter.
(b) Courage.
(c) Carbine.
(d) Rifle.

3. Where did Sharpe get the telescope he owns?
(a) From the army.
(b) From Wellington.
(c) From his father.
(d) From the Prince of Wales.

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

5. Why does Sharpe feel guilty?
(a) About the death of his wife.
(b) That Harper was killed.
(c) About the death of his daughter.
(d) That his wife lost a leg to artillery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of what Sharpe did to the French in Chapter 1?

2. Why can't the Spanish observers see the prisoner being hung?

3. Who challenges Sharpe to a duel?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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