View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Sharpe seen Lady Farthingdale before?
(a) In Ireland.
(b) In Lisbon.
(c) In Madrid.
(d) In London.

2. 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.

3. What does Josefina say about Lord Farthingdale and her past?
(a) He knows about it.
(b) He doesn't know about it.
(c) She is planning to tell him.
(d) She doesn't want him to know about it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was left in the town of Andrados due to a provisioning error?

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

4. What type of terrain does Sharpe have to cross to get to Andrados?

5. What does Sharpe urge to Farthingdale?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Nairn decide about Andrados and what does Sharpe do?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 708 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample