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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 day is it when Sharpe has secured the convent?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Easter.

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

3. What does Sharpe do with the forces he has at his disposal?
(a) Send some back to the base to get help.
(b) Spread them throughout Andrados.
(c) Consolidate them at the convent.
(d) Drill them in rapid reload.

4. What does Pot-au-Feu allow for the hostage women?
(a) Dubreton's wife is brought out.
(b) Dubreton is allowed to speak to his wife but can't see her.
(c) Nothing is done.
(d) Lady Farthingdale is brought out.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the English troops heading in the Prologue?

2. Who finally arrives after Josefina speaks to Sharpe?

3. Why was the troop Sharpe is now commanding sent there by the person in question #20?

4. For what purpose is a hole hacked into a basement wall?

5. Who does Sharpe capture when he first enters Andrados?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Farthingdale act towards Sharpe when he returns without the woman?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is in the fortress near Andrados?

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