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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 does Pot-au-Fea so when Sharpe reaches the castle?
(a) Commit his main force.
(b) Go to the village.
(c) Run away to the hills.
(d) Shoot Harper.

2. What did the British intercept a couple of days before Christmas?
(a) Messages stating that Napoleon is seriously injured.
(b) French plans to invade Spain.
(c) French plans to attack Andrados.
(d) A French force moving to join the one attacking Sharpe.

3. What was the book about that Farthingdale wrote?
(a) Courtship.
(b) The political situation in the House of Lords.
(c) Hunting foxes with hounds.
(d) Military strategy.

4. Why have the French admitted defeat?
(a) Their strategic plan is ruined.
(b) They don't want to fight Sharpe anymore.
(c) They don't care that much about Spain anyway.
(d) They know they are outnumbered.

5. Who wins the fight at the gatehouse?
(a) The British.
(b) No one.
(c) Pot-au-Fea.
(d) The French.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of what does much of the talk between the French and the British consist?

3. What does Sharpe do with the newly arrived unit?

4. How does the French feel about the British defense of the castle?

5. What do the French do when they capture the convent?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Farthingdale announce at the council of war?

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

3. What happens to the convent due to Harper's actions?

4. What happens to Hakeswill when the French arrive?

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

6. What do the French ask for after the British rocket attack?

7. What do the British leaders do on Christmas?

8. Why doesn't the French take the castle?

9. What does Sharpe arrange the day after the war council?

10. How does Sharpe deploy the rocket artillery and what is the result of the use of them?

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