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

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

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

4. What kind of wound does Farthingdale receive?
(a) A minor head wound.
(b) A broken arm.
(c) A cut on his knee.
(d) A sprained ankle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Farthingdale feel about Sharpe's inability to bring back Lady Farthingdale?

2. What does Nairn order Sharpe to do in Chapter 3?

3. What does Josefina say about Lord Farthingdale and her past?

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

5. What does Sharpe think as he watches Farthington's preparations?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does Lady Farthingdale do when she sees Sharpe?

4. What does Sharpe first do when he takes over his new command and to what conclusions does he come?

5. What does Farthingdale do with his troops as Christmas day breaks?

6. Who are the men Sharpe and Harper see first at Andrados and why are they there?

7. How important is Andrados, where it is situated and what types of protections are in place around it?

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

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

10. What type of combat unit has the Prince Regent sent, why has he sent it and how does Nairn feel about it?

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