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

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

3. What does Farthingdale decide to do on Christmas day?
(a) Wait for reinforcements.
(b) Attack the castle.
(c) Have a large Christmas dinner.
(d) Leave with the women.

4. What does the person from question #14 say first to Sharpe?
(a) He tells him he is due for leave.
(b) He tells him about his family.
(c) He praises his past performances.
(d) He chews him out for an infraction.

5. What is Sharpe supposed to do with the troops to which he has been assigned?
(a) Take them to the French border.
(b) Learn how to use their weapons.
(c) Drill, parade and train them.
(d) Keep them from killing the British.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sharpe notice as he is in the convent?

3. What is wrong physically with General Nairn at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Sharpe and his group do before locating Lady Farthingdale?

5. What does Nairn give Sharpe to take to Andrados?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe do with the prisoners and what bothers him the most about the prisoners as far as who he wanted to capture?

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

3. 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?

4. Why is Lady Farthingdale at Andrados, who is with her and what happens to them?

5. What do Sharpe and Harper notice about the basement in the convent?

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

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

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

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

10. Where and at what time is the Prologue set?

(see the answer keys)

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