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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 is bandaged on Farthingdale when he comes outside?
(a) His shoulder.
(b) His head.
(c) His arm.
(d) His leg.

2. What does Sharpe do with the newly arrived unit?
(a) Keep them outside the south gate.
(b) Send them to the village.
(c) Put them in the castle central yard.
(d) Conceal them in the convent.

3. What is Hakeswill doing during the battles?
(a) He is not there he has already escaped.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Trying to get Sharpe to let him fight.
(d) Planning his escape.

4. What do the French and British forces do from afar?
(a) Exchange insults.
(b) Shoot at each other.
(c) Appraise each other's strengths.
(d) Nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have the French admitted defeat?

2. How do the British use the remaining rockets?

3. How did Teresa die?

4. What does Sharpe hope to do after the first French attack?

5. From what country is Harper?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the British do when they capture the castle and what do some of Pot-au-Fea's men do?

2. Who is spotted in the village that surprises Sharpe?

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

4. What happens when Farthingdale comes outside and what interests him about the French?

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

6. What happens to the convent due to Harper's actions?

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

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

9. What do the French ask for after the British rocket attack?

10. What unit shows up after the castle is taken and what does Sharpe do with them?

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