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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pot-au-Feu allow for the hostage women?
(a) Dubreton is allowed to speak to his wife but can't see her.
(b) Dubreton's wife is brought out.
(c) Nothing is done.
(d) Lady Farthingdale is brought out.

2. How does Farthingdale feel about Sharpe's inability to bring back Lady Farthingdale?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Sad but understanding.
(c) Hostile and angry.
(d) Vituperative of Sharpe's efforts.

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

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

5. What does Lord Farthingdale do after he assumes command?
(a) Makes poor decisions.
(b) Gets mildly drunk.
(c) Argues with Sharpe about tactics.
(d) Nothing.

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

7. What kind of weapon does Sharpe find in the basement?
(a) A Turner rifle.
(b) A cannon.
(c) Gunpowder.
(d) A mine.

8. What does the person from question #14 say first to Sharpe?
(a) He praises his past performances.
(b) He tells him he is due for leave.
(c) He chews him out for an infraction.
(d) He tells him about his family.

9. What does Sharpe discover about Hakeswill after the convent is secured?
(a) He has escaped.
(b) He is in one of the holding cells.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He was never there.

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

11. What does Sharpe think of the situation as he watches the action?
(a) If is all right.
(b) It is a draw.
(c) They will win eventually.
(d) It is desperate.

12. What does Sharpe and his group do before locating Lady Farthingdale?
(a) Remove Hakeswill.
(b) Find Hogan.
(c) Attack the guards.
(d) Burn the governor's house.

13. For what purpose is a hole hacked into a basement wall?
(a) As a water drain.
(b) As a loophole.
(c) To let in fresh air.
(d) To let in sunlight.

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

15. Who is the head of the army which subdues Andrados?
(a) Phillip de Phillipe.
(b) General Rodriquez.
(c) Charles de la Fetelels.
(d) Pot-au-Feu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farthingdale decide to do when the convent is attacked?

2. How do the defenders of the castle appear to Sharpe?

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

4. What does Sharpe urge to Farthingdale?

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

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