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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Sharpe and his group do before locating Lady Farthingdale?
(a) Attack the guards.
(b) Burn the governor's house.
(c) Remove Hakeswill.
(d) Find Hogan.

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. Who is Lady Farthingdale in reality?
(a) A Spanish noblewoman.
(b) The wife of another lord.
(c) A French spy.
(d) A prostitute.

10. Who is the head of the army which subdues Andrados?
(a) Phillip de Phillipe.
(b) General Rodriquez.
(c) Pot-au-Feu.
(d) Charles de la Fetelels.

11. What will the rocket battalion be doing while Sharpe is gone?
(a) Practicing their aim.
(b) Moving closer to the French border.
(c) Resting.
(d) They are going with him.

12. What type of terrain does Sharpe have to cross to get to Andrados?
(a) A swampy land.
(b) An open plain.
(c) A mountain pass.
(d) Forests.

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

14. At what location does Chapter 1 begin?
(a) Near Castelo Branco.
(b) On the other side of the mountain pass from Andrados.
(c) Near the French border.
(d) In Portugal.

15. At what location is the Prologue set?
(a) Los Companio.
(b) Andrados.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Certiaos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josefina tell Sharpe about Lord Farthingdale and how he feels about her?

2. What are the soldiers doing while Sharpe surveys the convent?

3. What do Sharpe and Harper look at when surveying the convent?

4. Why doesn't Lord Farthingdale marry Josefina?

5. What does Sharpe receive from the person in question #14?

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