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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Sharpe and his companions after they pledge to help each other?
(a) They are surrounded by men of Pot-au-Feu's force.
(b) They are able to locate Hogan.
(c) They are able to find Hakeswil.
(d) They are shot at by unknown men.

2. Where does Sharpe go at the beginning of Chapter 1 to get out of the cold?
(a) Headquarters mess.
(b) Enlisted mess.
(c) The church.
(d) Officers mess.

3. Who is Lady Farthingdale in reality?
(a) A French spy.
(b) A Spanish noblewoman.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) The wife of another lord.

4. What is being done to a woman with a hot iron?
(a) She is having her fingers burned.
(b) She is being branded on her breasts.
(c) A long scar is put on her face.
(d) Nothing.

5. Why was the troop Sharpe is now commanding sent there by the person in question #20?
(a) He promised they would when he was drunk.
(b) It is his pet project.
(c) They are being punished by him.
(d) He wants them out of the way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nairn decide about Sharpe's information?

2. What type of troop is Sharpe put in command?

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

4. What is wrong physically with General Nairn at the beginning of the book?

5. What lies on either side of the road that runs out of the pass?

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