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

2. What does Dubreton's wife say to her husband?
(a) Nothing she is not allowed to speak.
(b) Tells him she is being raped.
(c) Quotes poetry.
(d) Tells him she loves him.

3. What is the name of General Nairn's valet?
(a) Whetherby.
(b) Bumley.
(c) Chatsworth.
(d) Farnsdale.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the army that conquered Andrados do in the town?

2. What does General Nairn use to toast his bread?

3. What does Sharpe urge to Farthingdale?

4. What does Pot-au-Feu allow for the hostage women?

5. What day is it when Sharpe has secured the convent?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens when Frederickson shows up at the convent?

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

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

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

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