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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. How does Pierre Ducos appear to Sharpe?
(a) Curious.
(b) Offensive and insubordinate.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Gracious.

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

3. What type of casualties do the French take from their second attack on the castle?
(a) Ten percent.
(b) Thirty percent.
(c) Fifty percent of the French were killed.
(d) Very few.

4. What British unit finally shows up at Andradro?
(a) The cavalry.
(b) The British infantry.
(c) Frederickson's rifle unit.
(d) The rocket artillery unit.

5. Who interviews Sharpe back at the British base?
(a) Farthingdale.
(b) The Regent Prince.
(c) Hogan.
(d) Wellington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the French do shortly after Sharpe discovers Teresa's body?

2. Who favors the type of attack the French forces leader favors?

3. What do the French do when they capture the convent?

4. What does Sharpe send Harper to collect?

5. What happens after the French are repulsed from the castle the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the French's response to Sharpe's machinations?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Sharpe react to Farthingdale's announcement and what does he do about it?

7. What is Hakeswill's ultimate fate?

8. What do Sharpe and Harper do when the British attack is faltering?

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

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

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