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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe do with the convent?
(a) Decide to leave it.
(b) Fortify it for defense.
(c) He doesn't do anything with it.
(d) He spreads gunpowder around it.

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

3. Of what is the army that captures Andrados in the Prologue comprised?
(a) British rifle regiments.
(b) French dragoons.
(c) Spanish guerrillas.
(d) An assortment of various nationalities.

4. What are the soldiers doing while Sharpe surveys the convent?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Cleaning their weapons.
(c) Eating.
(d) Celebrating.

5. Who is the head of the army which subdues Andrados?
(a) Phillip de Phillipe.
(b) Pot-au-Feu.
(c) General Rodriquez.
(d) Charles de la Fetelels.

6. What does Sharpe receive from the person in question #14?
(a) A letter from his wife.
(b) A reprimand.
(c) A promotion.
(d) A silver star.

7. With what is most of the basement in the convent filled?
(a) Water.
(b) Wine.
(c) Old furniture.
(d) Human bones.

8. What does Nairn decide about Sharpe's information?
(a) There is nothing that can be done.
(b) The women must be rescued.
(c) It is too little for any kind of judgment.
(d) Sharpe was incompetent.

9. What does Nairn order Sharpe to do in Chapter 3?
(a) Go home for his brother's funeral.
(b) Find Hogan.
(c) Go arrest or kill Hakeswill.
(d) Go to Andrados and scout the area.

10. What does Farthingdale decide to do when the convent is attacked?
(a) Hide in the basement.
(b) Go out the tunnel in the basement.
(c) Launch a counterattack.
(d) Wait and see what Sharpe does.

11. Who does Sharpe capture when he first enters Andrados?
(a) Two of the capturing forces.
(b) Viscount Pierre Duplicios.
(c) Two Frenchmen.
(d) Hakeswill.

12. Why doesn't Lord Farthingdale marry Josefina?
(a) She is already married.
(b) She is too far beneath him.
(c) He doesn't think of her that way.
(d) He is already married.

13. Why is Colonel Dubreton at Andrados?
(a) To kill Hakeswill.
(b) To ransom his wife.
(c) To capture Hogan.
(d) To kill Pot-au-Feu.

14. What does Sharpe think of the situation as he watches the action?
(a) If is all right.
(b) It is desperate.
(c) They will win eventually.
(d) It is a draw.

15. Why did the Peer choose Frenada as winter headquarters?
(a) It has plenty of food for the troops.
(b) It is sheltered by the mountains.
(c) It is near the French border.
(d) Has the best fox hunting in the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josefina say about Lord Farthingdale and her past?

2. Who does Sharpe recognize Lady Farthingdale to be?

3. What is the first thing Sharpe decides needs to be done in an assault on Andrados?

4. Where are the English troops heading in the Prologue?

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

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