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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Pot-au-Feu's forces remain?
(a) Around the convent.
(b) Out of sight in the hills.
(c) In the village.
(d) In the gatehouse.

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

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

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

5. What does Josefina tell Sharpe about Lord Farthingdale and how he feels about her?
(a) He wants to get rid of her.
(b) He disdains her.
(c) He is madly in love with her.
(d) He is using her.

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

7. Why does the Colonel keep Lady Farthingdale safe?
(a) So he can have her to himself.
(b) He doesn't believe in harming civilians.
(c) To be used as a hostage.
(d) She bribes him with money.

8. What does Farthingdale decide to do on Christmas day?
(a) Have a large Christmas dinner.
(b) Leave with the women.
(c) Wait for reinforcements.
(d) Attack the castle.

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

10. What does General Nairn use to toast his bread?
(a) A toasting fork.
(b) Fireplace tongs.
(c) Chopsticks.
(d) An iron skillet.

11. What day is it when Sharpe has secured the convent?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) Easter.
(d) Thanksgiving.

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

13. Why did the Peer choose Frenada as winter headquarters?
(a) It is sheltered by the mountains.
(b) Has the best fox hunting in the area.
(c) It is near the French border.
(d) It has plenty of food for the troops.

14. What is the first thing Sharpe decides needs to be done in an assault on Andrados?
(a) A small force to secure the hostages.
(b) Taking out the leaders.
(c) Blowing up the magazine.
(d) Cutting off the water supply.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong physically with General Nairn at the beginning of the book?

2. What are the two leaders of the Andrados force doing when they talk to Sharpe?

3. What is being done to a woman with a hot iron?

4. With what is most of the basement in the convent filled?

5. Why doesn't Lord Farthingdale marry Josefina?

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