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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. Where has Sharpe seen Lady Farthingdale before?
(a) In Ireland.
(b) In London.
(c) In Madrid.
(d) In Lisbon.

2. What does Farthingdale decide to do on Christmas day?
(a) Leave with the women.
(b) Attack the castle.
(c) Wait for reinforcements.
(d) Have a large Christmas dinner.

3. What does Sharpe do with the newly arrived unit?
(a) Conceal them in the convent.
(b) Keep them outside the south gate.
(c) Send them to the village.
(d) Put them in the castle central yard.

4. How does the French feel about the British defense of the castle?
(a) Confident.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Fearful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Sharpe plan to use the trench in front of the castle?

2. What does Sharpe think of the situation as he watches the action?

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

4. Of what is the army that captures Andrados in the Prologue comprised?

5. How would an artillery unit get to the castle?

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