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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the soldiers doing while Sharpe surveys the convent?
(a) Cleaning their weapons.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Celebrating.
(d) Eating.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How do the defenders of the castle appear to Sharpe?
(a) Angry.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Unconcerned.
(d) Quiet.

11. In what direction from the mountain pass is Andrados located?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) South.

12. With what is most of the basement in the convent filled?
(a) Water.
(b) Wine.
(c) Old furniture.
(d) Human bones.

13. What does Nairn tell Sharpe at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) That his brother has been killed.
(b) That sergeant Hakeswill is in the area.
(c) That Hogan has been taken capture.
(d) About the capture of Andrados.

14. What nationality is General Nairn?
(a) Scottish.
(b) Irish.
(c) Spanish.
(d) British.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nairn give Sharpe to take to Andrados?

2. What does Nairn decide about Sharpe's information?

3. What does Sharpe notice about the new weapons under his command?

4. Who finally arrives after Josefina speaks to Sharpe?

5. What does Sharpe do with the convent?

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