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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, 14, and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the French want Bampfylde to do?
(a) Abandon Teste de Buch.
(b) Come after Sharpe.
(c) Hunker down in the fort.
(d) March up the coast.

2. What does Harper manage to repair in the fort?
(a) The landward gate.
(b) One cannon.
(c) The long range artillery.
(d) The landward wall.

3. What does Calvet decide about the best way to assault the fortress?
(a) An attack from the sea.
(b) Seizing until they starve.
(c) Burning the gate down.
(d) A frontal attack.

4. Who does Bampfylde credit in his official report to the Admiralty?
(a) Captain Palmer.
(b) Himself.
(c) Fredrickson.
(d) Sharpe.

5. What does the man who meets de Maquerre do for a living?
(a) He is a French Marine.
(b) He is a French count.
(c) He is a French infantry captain.
(d) He is a French intelligence agent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maquerre supposed to tell Bampfylde?

2. With what does Calvet hit the fortress after the bombardment?

3. The man who meets Ducos fought on what front?

4. How late does Bampfylde arrive at the fortress?

5. What does Colonel Favier parlay with Sharpe about?

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