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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of evidence is around the town?
(a) Evidence of starvation and lack of water.
(b) Evidence of theft of British army material.
(c) Evidence of murder, torture and mass rape.
(d) Of destruction of many buildings.

2. Who does Sharpe recognize Lady Farthingdale to be?
(a) Penelope Handsol.
(b) He doesn't recognize her.
(c) Josephina.
(d) Claudia de le Fleur.

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

4. What does Sharpe think as he watches Farthington's preparations?
(a) There isn't enough food for a Christmas dinner.
(b) It is to noisy outside.
(c) Something is terrible amiss.
(d) Farthingdale should not leave.

5. Who will assist Sharpe in rescuing the women?
(a) A calvary battalion.
(b) An arillery company.
(c) Two sqauds of infantry.
(d) Spanish partisans.

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

7. Why has Lady Farthingdale come to Andrados?
(a) To visit her sister.
(b) For a pilgrimage.
(c) To recover from illness in the mountain air.
(d) It is her home.

8. What was left in the town of Andrados due to a provisioning error?
(a) A room full of French uniforms.
(b) 2000 rifles.
(c) A huge supply of field rations.
(d) A huge amount of black powder.

9. What does Nairn tell Sharpe at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) That Hogan has been taken capture.
(b) About the capture of Andrados.
(c) That sergeant Hakeswill is in the area.
(d) That his brother has been killed.

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

11. What is Sharpe supposed to do with the troops to which he has been assigned?
(a) Keep them from killing the British.
(b) Learn how to use their weapons.
(c) Drill, parade and train them.
(d) Take them to the French border.

12. What does Pot-au-Feu do about the gold Sharpe and Dubreton carry?
(a) He doesn't know they have it.
(b) He trades it for allowing them to go free.
(c) He takes it and tells them it is not enough.
(d) He confiscates it.

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

14. 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.

15. What is the name of General Nairn's valet?
(a) Bumley.
(b) Chatsworth.
(c) Farnsdale.
(d) Whetherby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe see in the convent?

2. Where does the army that conquered Andrados go when they finish subduing the town?

3. Who is Lady Farthingdale in reality?

4. What are the soldiers doing while Sharpe surveys the convent?

5. What does Nairn give Sharpe to take to Andrados?

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