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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Farthingdale decide to do when the convent is attacked?
(a) Go out the tunnel in the basement.
(b) Wait and see what Sharpe does.
(c) Launch a counterattack.
(d) Hide in the basement.

2. What does Farthingdale do when the attacking forces withdraw?
(a) Cautiously encircles the castle.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Withdraws back to the convent.
(d) Orders the troops to pursue.

3. What do the French and British forces do from afar?
(a) Appraise each other's strengths.
(b) Shoot at each other.
(c) Exchange insults.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does the Chaplain General ask Nairn to do?
(a) Attend masses for the dead.
(b) Keep Methodism in check.
(c) Allow the Jewish soldiers to rest on Saturday.
(d) Set up services for the Methodist.

5. With whom is Spain at war during this novel?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Turkey.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pot-au-Feu do about the gold Sharpe and Dubreton carry?

2. At what location is the Prologue set?

3. What does Josefina tell Sharpe about Lord Farthingdale and how he feels about her?

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

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

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