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

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

4. What does Josefina say about Lord Farthingdale and her past?
(a) She doesn't want him to know about it.
(b) He doesn't know about it.
(c) She is planning to tell him.
(d) He knows about it.

5. What lies on either side of the road that runs out of the pass?
(a) A fortress and sheer cliffs.
(b) A fortress and a convent.
(c) Waterfalls and a fortress.
(d) A river and a convent.

6. Who leads the company of mixed rifles going with Sharpe?
(a) William Frederickson.
(b) Captain Johnson.
(c) Hewellt Galwind.
(d) Paddy O'Brien.

7. Who has sent the troop that Sharpe is told to command?
(a) The Prince Regent.
(b) Viscount Wellington.
(c) The Prince of Orange.
(d) King George.

8. What happens to the soldiers who accompany Lady Farthingdale?
(a) They are murdered.
(b) They are taken prisoner.
(c) They desert her.
(d) Nothing.

9. What was left in the town of Andrados due to a provisioning error?
(a) A room full of French uniforms.
(b) A huge amount of black powder.
(c) A huge supply of field rations.
(d) 2000 rifles.

10. Of what is the army that captures Andrados in the Prologue comprised?
(a) French dragoons.
(b) Spanish guerrillas.
(c) An assortment of various nationalities.
(d) British rifle regiments.

11. Who does Sharpe capture when he first enters Andrados?
(a) Hakeswill.
(b) Viscount Pierre Duplicios.
(c) Two of the capturing forces.
(d) Two Frenchmen.

12. Who goes to Andrados with Sharpe?
(a) Teresa Morgan.
(b) Harry Price.
(c) Lord Farthingdale.
(d) Harper.

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

14. What do Sharpe and Harper look at when surveying the convent?
(a) Where the nuns might be hidden.
(b) Look at it for tactical defense.
(c) For any tunnel out of the convent.
(d) The beautiful art.

15. Where does Sharpe go at the beginning of Chapter 1 to get out of the cold?
(a) Enlisted mess.
(b) Officers mess.
(c) The church.
(d) Headquarters mess.