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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 General Nairn use to toast his bread?
(a) An iron skillet.
(b) Fireplace tongs.
(c) A toasting fork.
(d) Chopsticks.

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

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

4. Where do Pot-au-Feu's forces remain?
(a) In the village.
(b) Out of sight in the hills.
(c) In the gatehouse.
(d) Around the convent.

5. Why was the troop Sharpe is now commanding sent there by the person in question #20?
(a) He promised they would when he was drunk.
(b) It is his pet project.
(c) He wants them out of the way.
(d) They are being punished by him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Sharpe decides needs to be done in an assault on Andrados?

2. What lies on either side of the road that runs out of the pass?

3. What kind of weapon does Sharpe find in the basement?

4. Where does Sharpe go when he arrives at Andrados?

5. What does Sharpe think as he watches Farthington's preparations?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is happening in Andrados at the beginning of the novel and who is doing it?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Sharpe urge Farthingdale to do and what does he do? What do the defenders do?

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

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

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

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

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