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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What type of troop is Sharpe put in command?
(a) An infantry regiment.
(b) Rocket artillery.
(c) The scouts and sharpshooters.
(d) A rifle company.

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

6. What does the army that conquered Andrados do in the town?
(a) Sack and loot it.
(b) Kill all the residents.
(c) Make all the residents leave.
(d) Burn it down.

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

8. What does Farthingdale do when the attacking forces withdraw?
(a) Cautiously encircles the castle.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Withdraws back to the convent.
(d) Orders the troops to pursue.

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

10. What religion is General Nairn?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Orthodox.
(d) Angligan.

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

12. What does Sharpe discover about Hakeswill after the convent is secured?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He has escaped.
(c) He is in one of the holding cells.
(d) He was never there.

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

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

15. Where does Sharpe go when he arrives at Andrados?
(a) The north gate.
(b) The governor's house.
(c) The watchtower.
(d) The convent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pot-au-Feu do about the gold Sharpe and Dubreton carry?

2. What does Farthingdale decide to do on Christmas day?

3. Why was the troop Sharpe is now commanding sent there by the person in question #20?

4. Why doesn't Lord Farthingdale marry Josefina?

5. What does Sharpe do with the forces he has at his disposal?

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