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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does the person from question #14 say first to Sharpe?
(a) He tells him about his family.
(b) He chews him out for an infraction.
(c) He tells him he is due for leave.
(d) He praises his past performances.

3. Who finally arrives after Josefina speaks to Sharpe?
(a) Hakeswill.
(b) The rocket battalion.
(c) The rest of the combat troops.
(d) Michael Hogan.

4. Why does the Colonel keep Lady Farthingdale safe?
(a) She bribes him with money.
(b) He doesn't believe in harming civilians.
(c) So he can have her to himself.
(d) To be used as a hostage.

5. How does Farthingdale feel about Sharpe's inability to bring back Lady Farthingdale?
(a) Sad but understanding.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Hostile and angry.
(d) Vituperative of Sharpe's efforts.

6. What happens to Sharpe and his companions after they pledge to help each other?
(a) They are surrounded by men of Pot-au-Feu's force.
(b) They are shot at by unknown men.
(c) They are able to locate Hogan.
(d) They are able to find Hakeswil.

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

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

9. Who goes to Andrados with Sharpe?
(a) Lord Farthingdale.
(b) Teresa Morgan.
(c) Harry Price.
(d) Harper.

10. At what location does Chapter 1 begin?
(a) Near Castelo Branco.
(b) In Portugal.
(c) On the other side of the mountain pass from Andrados.
(d) Near the French border.

11. Where do Pot-au-Feu's forces remain?
(a) Out of sight in the hills.
(b) In the village.
(c) Around the convent.
(d) In the gatehouse.

12. What does Josefina say about Lord Farthingdale and her past?
(a) He knows about it.
(b) He doesn't know about it.
(c) She doesn't want him to know about it.
(d) She is planning to tell him.

13. At what location is the Prologue set?
(a) Certiaos.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Andrados.
(d) Los Companio.

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

15. With whom is Spain at war during this novel?
(a) Turkey.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the defenders of the castle appear to Sharpe?

2. What does Josefina tell Sharpe about Lord Farthingdale and how he feels about her?

3. What does Pot-au-Feu allow for the hostage women?

4. Why is Colonel Dubreton at Andrados?

5. Why doesn't Lord Farthingdale marry Josefina?

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