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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9, 10, and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nairn decide about Sharpe's information?
(a) Sharpe was incompetent.
(b) There is nothing that can be done.
(c) The women must be rescued.
(d) It is too little for any kind of judgment.

2. What does Sharpe receive from the person in question #14?
(a) A promotion.
(b) A letter from his wife.
(c) A reprimand.
(d) A silver star.

3. What day is it when Sharpe has secured the convent?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) Easter.
(d) Thanksgiving.

4. What does Sharpe notice about the new weapons under his command?
(a) Their expense.
(b) Their potential and limitations.
(c) Their usefulness.
(d) The way they will be slow to use.

5. What is Sharpe supposed to do with the troops to which he has been assigned?
(a) Learn how to use their weapons.
(b) Take them to the French border.
(c) Keep them from killing the British.
(d) Drill, parade and train them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the army that conquered Andrados do in the town?

3. For what purpose is a hole hacked into a basement wall?

4. What is the name of General Nairn's valet?

5. Who leads the company of mixed rifles going with Sharpe?

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