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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. Where does Sharpe go at the beginning of Chapter 1 to get out of the cold?
(a) Headquarters mess.
(b) Officers mess.
(c) The church.
(d) Enlisted mess.

2. What is being done to a woman with a hot iron?
(a) She is being branded on her breasts.
(b) A long scar is put on her face.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She is having her fingers burned.

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

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

5. What type of terrain does Sharpe have to cross to get to Andrados?
(a) A mountain pass.
(b) A swampy land.
(c) An open plain.
(d) Forests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who summons Captain Sharpe in Chapter 1?

2. What kind of evidence is around the town?

3. What does Lord Farthingdale do after he assumes command?

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

5. Why doesn't Lord Farthingdale marry Josefina?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Sharpe and the three others in the convent shortly after they meet?

3. What does Nairn tell Sharpe when he is summoned in Chapter 3?

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

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

7. What happens to the British forces as they scramble over the castle walls?

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

9. What does Farthingdale do when he is injured and what does Sharpe see after he does it?

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

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