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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the British do when the French artillery begins?
(a) Target the artillery soldiers.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Abandons all positions outside the castle.
(d) Send rockets into their artillery.

2. Who is spotted in the distance after the castle is secured?
(a) French infantry.
(b) French dragoons.
(c) British cavalry.
(d) French lancers.

3. How did Teresa die?
(a) Hakeswill killed her.
(b) A French bullet.
(c) Her horse fell on her.
(d) A piece of flying shrapnel.

4. How do many of Pot-au-Fea's men escape?
(a) Swimming the moat.
(b) Over the south wall.
(c) Through a tunnel.
(d) Dodging through the village.

5. What does the French do the day after the convent is destroyed?
(a) They request a truce to remove bodies.
(b) They ask for a parley.
(c) They begin to throw fire bombs onto the castle.
(d) They begin a coordinated attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the convent blows up?

2. About how many men does Sharpe have who can fight?

3. What happens just as the French begin their final massive attack?

4. What does Sharpe realize about the French?

5. What is the name of Sharpe's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many forces does Sharpe estimate are arrayed between the French and the British soldiers?

2. Who is spotted in the village that surprises Sharpe?

3. What happens after the French retreat?

4. What do Sharpe and Harper do when the British attack is faltering?

5. What do the French do the day after they take the convent? How does Sharpe view his situation?

6. What do the British do when they capture the castle and what do some of Pot-au-Fea's men do?

7. Who does Shapre meet from the French forces and how does that meeting go? How do the French feel about the British?

8. What does Sharpe capture first at the castle and how does he do it?

9. What are the first actions Sharpe takes after the war council?

10. What happens when Farthingdale comes outside and what interests him about the French?

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