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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 Dubreton do when he comes up to Sharpe?
(a) Salutes him.
(b) Slaps him on the back.
(c) Laughs at him.
(d) Shakes his hand.

2. What does Sharpe insist on with Farthingdale?
(a) A private conversation.
(b) That he assume command of the war council.
(c) That only he surreder to the French.
(d) That he leave for the British base immediately.

3. What kind of military leader is Farthingdale?
(a) Incompetent.
(b) About average.
(c) Slow thinking.
(d) Flawless.

4. What does Sharpe send Harper to collect?
(a) Ammunition.
(b) Unused rifles.
(c) Live birds.
(d) Bones from the ossery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens just as the French begin their final massive attack?

2. What was the castle originally?

3. What British unit finally shows up at Andradro?

4. What does Farthingdale do when he comes outside?

5. What does Sharpe realize about the French?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Hakeswill when the French arrive?

3. Where do the French concentrate their artillery fire and why? What is the British response?

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

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

6. What do the British do with the last of the rocket artillery?

7. What happens after the French retreat?

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

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

10. Why doesn't the French take the castle?

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