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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kind of evidence is around the town?
(a) Evidence of murder, torture and mass rape.
(b) Evidence of starvation and lack of water.
(c) Evidence of theft of British army material.
(d) Of destruction of many buildings.

4. What is Sharpe told is the estimated number of men that Pot-au-Feu has with him?
(a) 700 to 1500.
(b) 1000 to 2000.
(c) 150 to 1000.
(d) 400 to 2000.

5. Why does Lord Farthingdale take command of the forces when he arrives?
(a) He hates Sharpe.
(b) He is the ranking person there.
(c) He wants to impress Josefina.
(d) He wants his gold back.

6. 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.

7. Who will assist Sharpe in rescuing the women?
(a) An arillery company.
(b) Spanish partisans.
(c) A calvary battalion.
(d) Two sqauds of infantry.

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

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

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

11. What does Dubreton's wife say to her husband?
(a) Tells him she loves him.
(b) Tells him she is being raped.
(c) Quotes poetry.
(d) Nothing she is not allowed to speak.

12. What is Sharpe supposed to do with the troops to which he has been assigned?
(a) Drill, parade and train them.
(b) Keep them from killing the British.
(c) Take them to the French border.
(d) Learn how to use their weapons.

13. What is being done to a woman with a hot iron?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A long scar is put on her face.
(c) She is being branded on her breasts.
(d) She is having her fingers burned.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Sharpe urge to Farthingdale?

4. What does Pot-au-Feu allow for the hostage women?

5. Where are the English troops heading in the Prologue?

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