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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hogan tell Sharpe he has to do?
(a) Kill Ducos.
(b) Go to France.
(c) Return to England.
(d) Find out who is behind the murder.

2. Why was Sharpe's execution staged?
(a) Politics.
(b) To please Helene.
(c) To set Sharpe up for spying.
(d) To get another man hung.

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

4. Why does Sharpe want to know why Helene wrote the letter besides the political significance of it?
(a) To be able to kill Ducos with a clear conscience.
(b) For personal satisfaction.
(c) Out of curiosity.
(d) To be able to have Helene arrested.

5. Why was Sharpe arrested in Chapter 5?
(a) For the murder of Helene's husband.
(b) For stealing from the Spainish.
(c) For selling the tents.
(d) For selling the mules.

6. How does Father Hacha feel about Sharpe's death?
(a) Relief.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Regret.

7. What does Hacha think will happen to Spain because of the Sharpe incident?
(a) It will become even more corrupt.
(b) It will become a world power again.
(c) It won't affect Spain at all.
(d) It will be conquered by England.

8. How does Ducos feel towards Helene?
(a) He is angry at her.
(b) He is indifferent to her.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He hates her.

9. Who is Sharpe given to help him clear his name?
(a) Two intelligence officers.
(b) A boy named Angel.
(c) No one.
(d) A small platoon.

10. What kind of weapon does Angel carry?
(a) A hunting bow.
(b) A Bowie knife.
(c) A Baker rifle.
(d) A cavalry sword.

11. Of what does Ducos accuse Helene?
(a) Killing a top Napoleon aide.
(b) Spying for the English.
(c) Stealing the fortune she has.
(d) Having an affair with his brother.

12. Where did Patrick and Isabella meet?
(a) Badajoz.
(b) London.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Ireland.

13. What will happen to the Marques' fortune?
(a) The Marques brother will get it.
(b) Helene will get it.
(c) It will go to the church.
(d) Ducos will get it.

14. With what does Sharpe begin to beat the door down on the convent?
(a) A heavy tree limb.
(b) His rifle stock.
(c) His feet.
(d) A large rock.

15. Who challenges Sharpe to a duel?
(a) A Spanish spy.
(b) The company commander.
(c) A Spanish general.
(d) A French spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harper worry about Sharpe?

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

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

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

5. What surprises Michael Trumper-Jones about Sharpe's appearance?

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