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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Lady Farthingdale come to Andrados?
(a) For a pilgrimage.
(b) To recover from illness in the mountain air.
(c) To visit her sister.
(d) It is her home.

2. What kind of weapon does Sharpe find in the basement?
(a) A mine.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) A cannon.
(d) A Turner rifle.

3. What happens as the British forces are scrambling over the castle's outer walls?
(a) Sharpe blows up the gunpowder around the wall.
(b) Josefina and Dubreton's wife escape.
(c) The defenders shoot at the attackers.
(d) A series of mines erupt.

4. What does Farthingdale decide to do when the convent is attacked?
(a) Go out the tunnel in the basement.
(b) Wait and see what Sharpe does.
(c) Launch a counterattack.
(d) Hide in the basement.

5. Where does the army that conquered Andrados go when they finish subduing the town?
(a) It doesn't say where they go.
(b) No where, they settle in for winter.
(c) They go to meet up with other French forces.
(d) They go to meet up with the Spanish guerrillas.

6. Why is Colonel Dubreton at Andrados?
(a) To kill Pot-au-Feu.
(b) To capture Hogan.
(c) To kill Hakeswill.
(d) To ransom his wife.

7. What does Sharpe see in the convent?
(a) Debauchery and abuse of prisoners.
(b) Dead women.
(c) Sleeping men.
(d) Drunk men.

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

9. What does Sharpe notice as he is in the convent?
(a) Its structure and tactical points.
(b) That it is barely standing.
(c) The fact that there are no nuns to be seen.
(d) The lack of religious artifacts.

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

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

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

13. What does Sharpe do with the forces he has at his disposal?
(a) Consolidate them at the convent.
(b) Send some back to the base to get help.
(c) Drill them in rapid reload.
(d) Spread them throughout Andrados.

14. What does Lord Farthingdale do after he assumes command?
(a) Makes poor decisions.
(b) Argues with Sharpe about tactics.
(c) Gets mildly drunk.
(d) Nothing.

15. Who summons Captain Sharpe in Chapter 1?
(a) Colonel Johnson.
(b) Viscount Wellington.
(c) General Nairn.
(d) Major Hogan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of wound does Farthingdale receive?

2. What does Farthingdale do when the attacking forces withdraw?

3. Who is Lady Farthingdale in reality?

4. What type of troop is Sharpe put in command?

5. Who does Sharpe capture when he first enters Andrados?

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