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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Sharpe decides needs to be done in an assault on Andrados?
(a) Cutting off the water supply.
(b) Blowing up the magazine.
(c) A small force to secure the hostages.
(d) Taking out the leaders.

2. What is being done to a woman with a hot iron?
(a) She is being branded on her breasts.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She is having her fingers burned.
(d) A long scar is put on her face.

3. What does Sharpe do with the forces he has at his disposal?
(a) Send some back to the base to get help.
(b) Spread them throughout Andrados.
(c) Consolidate them at the convent.
(d) Drill them in rapid reload.

4. What does Sharpe discover about Hakeswill after the convent is secured?
(a) He was never there.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He has escaped.
(d) He is in one of the holding cells.

5. What type of attack does the French commander favor?
(a) Having someone on the inside open the gates.
(b) Burning the castle.
(c) An attack en masse.
(d) Guerrilla type warfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Lord Farthingdale marry Josefina?

2. Why isn't Frederickson's fire on the advancing column effective?

3. What does Frederickson bring with him when he advances on the convent?

4. What does Farthingdale feel about the French's intentions?

5. What does Sharpe do with the prisoners from the convent?

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