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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. What does Lord Farthingdale do after he assumes command?
(a) Makes poor decisions.
(b) Gets mildly drunk.
(c) Argues with Sharpe about tactics.
(d) Nothing.

2. On the day after Christmas how do the convent and the castle appear to the French?
(a) Fortified.
(b) Full.
(c) On fire.
(d) Deserted.

3. What does Sharpe know about the French and his position?
(a) He has the advantage.
(b) Troops are coming to help him.
(c) He won't be able to stop them forever.
(d) The French will give up if he kills a few more of them.

4. What do the French skirmishers do as the French column advances?
(a) Withdraw.
(b) Stay where they are.
(c) Go to the main gatehouse.
(d) Attack the convent.

5. What does Frederickson bring with him when he advances on the convent?
(a) Most of the fighting men.
(b) Two squads of cavalry.
(c) The rocket battalion.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farthingdale do when the attacking forces withdraw?

2. What does Sharpe notice about the new weapons under his command?

3. What is Sharpe supposed to do with the troops to which he has been assigned?

4. What does Sharpe and his group do before locating Lady Farthingdale?

5. Who does Sharpe capture when he first enters Andrados?

(see the answer key)

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