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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 Farthingdale announce at the war council?
(a) He plans to retreat from Andrados.
(b) He wants to surrender to the French.
(c) He wants to attack the north flank of the French.
(d) He wants to negotiate a withdrawal.

2. For what does Sharpe plan to use the trench in front of the castle?
(a) To stop the French cavalry.
(b) To stop the French infantry long enough to kill them with an avalanche.
(c) His rocket artillery.
(d) To fill with burning oil.

3. What do the French do after their second attack?
(a) Smash at the castle walls with their artillery.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Withdraw to the village.
(d) Call for a truce to recover wounded.

4. What does Sharpe realize as he waits for the attack of the French after the convent is destroyed?
(a) He will fail to delay the French much longer.
(b) He should surrender.
(c) He needs to withdraw his forces.
(d) He can still win this battle.

5. How does Sharpe feel when he sees Teresa's body?
(a) Horrofied.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have the French admitted defeat?

2. What was the castle originally?

3. At what place do the French concentrate their artillery?

4. What do the French think about Sharpe's forces?

5. What do the French and British forces do from afar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the British leaders do on Christmas?

2. What happens to the first two French attacks?

3. How does Sharpe deploy the rocket artillery and what is the result of the use of them?

4. Who does Shapre meet from the French forces and how does that meeting go? How do the French feel about the British?

5. How many forces does Sharpe estimate are arrayed between the French and the British soldiers?

6. What happens to Hakeswill when the French arrive?

7. What do the French do the day after they take the convent? How does Sharpe view his situation?

8. What does Farthingdale announce at the council of war?

9. How do the French respond after the first two attacks?

10. What does Sharpe capture first at the castle and how does he do it?

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