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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Peer choose Frenada as winter headquarters?
(a) It is near the French border.
(b) It has plenty of food for the troops.
(c) It is sheltered by the mountains.
(d) Has the best fox hunting in the area.

2. Who summons Captain Sharpe in Chapter 1?
(a) Colonel Johnson.
(b) Viscount Wellington.
(c) General Nairn.
(d) Major Hogan.

3. What is the name of General Nairn's valet?
(a) Whetherby.
(b) Bumley.
(c) Farnsdale.
(d) Chatsworth.

4. What does Pot-au-Fea so when Sharpe reaches the castle?
(a) Go to the village.
(b) Commit his main force.
(c) Run away to the hills.
(d) Shoot Harper.

5. What type of casualties do the French take from their second attack on the castle?
(a) Ten percent.
(b) Fifty percent of the French were killed.
(c) Very few.
(d) Thirty percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would an artillery unit get to the castle?

2. What does Sharpe know about the French and his position?

3. What is being done to a woman with a hot iron?

4. What happens after the French are repulsed from the castle the first time?

5. Why doesn't Lord Farthingdale marry Josefina?

(see the answer key)

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