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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What do the men defending the castle do?
(a) Surrender to Sharpe.
(b) Go into the village.
(c) Run away.
(d) Attack the convent.

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

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

14. Who does Sharpe capture when he first enters Andrados?
(a) Two of the capturing forces.
(b) Viscount Pierre Duplicios.
(c) Two Frenchmen.
(d) Hakeswill.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who finally arrives after Josefina speaks to Sharpe?

4. With whom is Spain at war during this novel?

5. What kind of evidence is around the town?

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