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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9, 10, and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe do with the prisoners from the convent?
(a) Kills them.
(b) Ties them up.
(c) Strip them and put them in cells.
(d) Puts them in the dungeon.

2. Where does the army that conquered Andrados go when they finish subduing the town?
(a) No where, they settle in for winter.
(b) They go to meet up with other French forces.
(c) They go to meet up with the Spanish guerrillas.
(d) It doesn't say where they go.

3. What does Lord Farthingdale do after he assumes command?
(a) Argues with Sharpe about tactics.
(b) Gets mildly drunk.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Makes poor decisions.

4. What lies on either side of the road that runs out of the pass?
(a) A fortress and a convent.
(b) Waterfalls and a fortress.
(c) A river and a convent.
(d) A fortress and sheer cliffs.

5. What does Frederickson bring with him when he advances on the convent?
(a) The rocket battalion.
(b) Two squads of cavalry.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Most of the fighting men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe think as he watches Farthington's preparations?

2. With what is most of the basement in the convent filled?

3. What does Farthingdale decide to do when the convent is attacked?

4. What do the men defending the castle do?

5. What begins to arrive after Sharpe and his group have the hostages?

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