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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 Sharpe do with the prisoners from the convent?
(a) Puts them in the dungeon.
(b) Ties them up.
(c) Kills them.
(d) Strip them and put them in cells.

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

3. What does Dubreton's wife say to her husband?
(a) Tells him she is being raped.
(b) Quotes poetry.
(c) Tells him she loves him.
(d) Nothing she is not allowed to speak.

4. What is wrong physically with General Nairn at the beginning of the book?
(a) He has a headache.
(b) He has a broken arm.
(c) He has a cold.
(d) He has the flu.

5. At what location does Chapter 1 begin?
(a) Near the French border.
(b) On the other side of the mountain pass from Andrados.
(c) Near Castelo Branco.
(d) In Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sharpe go at the beginning of Chapter 1 to get out of the cold?

2. Who will assist Sharpe in rescuing the women?

3. With whom is Spain at war during this novel?

4. What is the first thing Sharpe decides needs to be done in an assault on Andrados?

5. What does Frederickson bring with him when he advances on the convent?

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