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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What begins to arrive after Sharpe and his group have the hostages?
(a) Some of the nuns from the convent.
(b) Reinforcements.
(c) The men holding the town.
(d) Some of the townspeople who were hiding.

2. What does Nairn give Sharpe to take to Andrados?
(a) Four horses.
(b) A map for where Hogan is being held prisoner.
(c) A sharpshooter squad to kill Hakeswill.
(d) A large amount of gold.

3. What does Nairn decide about Sharpe's information?
(a) It is too little for any kind of judgment.
(b) Sharpe was incompetent.
(c) There is nothing that can be done.
(d) The women must be rescued.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe do with the prisoners from the convent?

2. Where are the English troops heading in the Prologue?

3. What is Sharpe told is the estimated number of men that Pot-au-Feu has with him?

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

5. Why did the Peer choose Frenada as winter headquarters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe urge Farthingdale to do and what does he do? What do the defenders do?

2. What does Sharpe and Harper do when they first arrive at Andrados?

3. What is happening in Andrados at the beginning of the novel and who is doing it?

4. What do Sharpe and Harper do at the convent while negotiating with the leaders of the men there?

5. What happens to the gold Sharpe brought with him and what kind of reassurance does Pot-au-Feu give? What do the men learn from that reassurance?

6. How does Sharpe feel as Farthingdale is getting ready and what do the defenders of the castle do?

7. What do Pot-au-Feu and Hakeswill suggest to Sharpe and the others and what are they doing while they talk?

8. What does Lord Farthingdale do when he arrives and what puzzles Sharpe about the situation?

9. Who does Sharpe meet who is head of the rifle company going to Andrados, what is that man like and how does Sharpe feel about him?

10. Who saves Lady Farthingdale and why does he do it?

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