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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 lies on either side of the road that runs out of the pass?
(a) A fortress and sheer cliffs.
(b) A fortress and a convent.
(c) A river and a convent.
(d) Waterfalls and a fortress.

2. What does Nairn order Sharpe to do in Chapter 3?
(a) Go to Andrados and scout the area.
(b) Find Hogan.
(c) Go home for his brother's funeral.
(d) Go arrest or kill Hakeswill.

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

4. Why does the Colonel keep Lady Farthingdale safe?
(a) She bribes him with money.
(b) So he can have her to himself.
(c) He doesn't believe in harming civilians.
(d) To be used as a hostage.

5. What does Sharpe receive from the person in question #14?
(a) A promotion.
(b) A letter from his wife.
(c) A reprimand.
(d) A silver star.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lord Farthingdale take command of the forces when he arrives?

2. What kind of wound does Farthingdale receive?

3. Who leads the company of mixed rifles going with Sharpe?

4. At what location does Chapter 1 begin?

5. What nationality is General Nairn?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Sharpe and Harper do when they first arrive at Andrados?

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

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

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. Before whom is Sharpe summoned in Chapter one, what is that man like and why is he summoned?

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

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

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