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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Sharpe recognize Lady Farthingdale to be?
(a) Claudia de le Fleur.
(b) Penelope Handsol.
(c) Josephina.
(d) He doesn't recognize her.

3. Why has Lady Farthingdale come to Andrados?
(a) To recover from illness in the mountain air.
(b) For a pilgrimage.
(c) To visit her sister.
(d) It is her home.

4. By what other name besides Josephina is Lady Farthingdale known?
(a) Madame Aphrodite.
(b) Lady Blythington.
(c) Elizabeth Koven.
(d) La Lacosta.

5. What does Sharpe do with the convent?
(a) Fortify it for defense.
(b) He doesn't do anything with it.
(c) Decide to leave it.
(d) He spreads gunpowder around it.

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

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

8. Who finally arrives after Josefina speaks to Sharpe?
(a) The rest of the combat troops.
(b) Hakeswill.
(c) Michael Hogan.
(d) The rocket battalion.

9. Where does the army that conquered Andrados go when they finish subduing the town?
(a) They go to meet up with the Spanish guerrillas.
(b) It doesn't say where they go.
(c) They go to meet up with other French forces.
(d) No where, they settle in for winter.

10. What does Pot-au-Feu do about the gold Sharpe and Dubreton carry?
(a) He takes it and tells them it is not enough.
(b) He trades it for allowing them to go free.
(c) He doesn't know they have it.
(d) He confiscates it.

11. Why doesn't Lord Farthingdale marry Josefina?
(a) She is too far beneath him.
(b) She is already married.
(c) He is already married.
(d) He doesn't think of her that way.

12. What does Sharpe notice as he is in the convent?
(a) That it is barely standing.
(b) The lack of religious artifacts.
(c) Its structure and tactical points.
(d) The fact that there are no nuns to be seen.

13. What does Sharpe think as he watches Farthington's preparations?
(a) Something is terrible amiss.
(b) There isn't enough food for a Christmas dinner.
(c) It is to noisy outside.
(d) Farthingdale should not leave.

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

15. What does Sharpe urge to Farthingdale?
(a) To stay in the proximity of the convent.
(b) Nothing.
(c) To attack the castle.
(d) Caution and restraint.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the head of the army which subdues Andrados?

2. What happens to the soldiers who accompany Lady Farthingdale?

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

4. What happens to Sharpe and his companions after they pledge to help each other?

5. What does Farthingdale decide to do on Christmas day?

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