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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do many of Pot-au-Fea's men escape?
(a) Dodging through the village.
(b) Over the south wall.
(c) Swimming the moat.
(d) Through a tunnel.

2. What does Sharpe notice as he is in the convent?
(a) Its structure and tactical points.
(b) The fact that there are no nuns to be seen.
(c) The lack of religious artifacts.
(d) That it is barely standing.

3. What type of troop is Sharpe put in command?
(a) A rifle company.
(b) Rocket artillery.
(c) The scouts and sharpshooters.
(d) An infantry regiment.

4. What does Pot-au-Feu do about the gold Sharpe and Dubreton carry?
(a) He confiscates it.
(b) He trades it for allowing them to go free.
(c) He doesn't know they have it.
(d) He takes it and tells them it is not enough.

5. Who will assist Sharpe in rescuing the women?
(a) Two sqauds of infantry.
(b) An arillery company.
(c) A calvary battalion.
(d) Spanish partisans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of weapon does Sharpe find in the basement?

2. What are the two leaders of the Andrados force doing when they talk to Sharpe?

3. What does Farthingdale decide to do when the convent is attacked?

4. Who finally arrives after Josefina speaks to Sharpe?

5. What does Sharpe do with Pot-au-Fea?

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