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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe begin to do after the French are spotted?
(a) Set up an offense plan.
(b) Prepare static defenses.
(c) Put sharpshooters on the walls.
(d) Prepare to withdraw.

2. What does Dubreton do when he comes up to Sharpe?
(a) Laughs at him.
(b) Shakes his hand.
(c) Slaps him on the back.
(d) Salutes him.

3. What does Sharpe do when the French are fifty yards from the trench?
(a) Set fire to the trench.
(b) Send the rockets through their ranks.
(c) Release an avalanche stones on them.
(d) Counterattack with cavalry.

4. What does Sharpe do with the prisoners from the convent?
(a) Ties them up.
(b) Puts them in the dungeon.
(c) Strip them and put them in cells.
(d) Kills them.

5. What do the British leaders attend on Christmas day?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A dinner with the French leaders.
(c) A war council.
(d) A Christmas church service.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe know about the French and his position?

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

3. What will the rocket battalion be doing while Sharpe is gone?

4. What does Pot-au-Feu do about the gold Sharpe and Dubreton carry?

5. What kind of wound does Farthingdale receive?

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