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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 does Josefina tell Sharpe about Lord Farthingdale and how he feels about her?
(a) He disdains her.
(b) He wants to get rid of her.
(c) He is using her.
(d) He is madly in love with her.

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

3. Who is Lady Farthingdale in reality?
(a) A French spy.
(b) A Spanish noblewoman.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) The wife of another lord.

4. What does Lord Farthingdale do after he assumes command?
(a) Argues with Sharpe about tactics.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Makes poor decisions.
(d) Gets mildly drunk.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nairn order Sharpe to do in Chapter 3?

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

4. What begins to arrive after Sharpe and his group have the hostages?

5. Who does Sharpe recognize Lady Farthingdale to be?

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. What do Sharpe and Harper do at the convent while negotiating with the leaders of the men there?

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

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

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

6. What does Lady Farthingdale do when she sees Sharpe?

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

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

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

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

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