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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe do with Pot-au-Fea?
(a) Locks him in a cell.
(b) Hands him over to the French.
(c) Hangs him.
(d) Shoots him with a firing squad.

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

3. What happens to the soldiers who accompany Lady Farthingdale?
(a) They are murdered.
(b) They desert her.
(c) They are taken prisoner.
(d) Nothing.

4. How do the defenders of the castle appear to Sharpe?
(a) Unconcerned.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Angry.

5. What does Sharpe realize about the French?
(a) They are friendly for now.
(b) They just came for Dubreton's wife.
(c) They mean to take over Andrados.
(d) They mean to invade Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farthingdale wonder about the French?

2. Why does the Colonel keep Lady Farthingdale safe?

3. What is being done to a woman with a hot iron?

4. What kind of military leader is Farthingdale?

5. By what other name besides Josephina is Lady Farthingdale known?

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