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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is in charge of the Teste de Buch?
(a) Commodore LaFayette.
(b) Commodore Henri Lassan.
(c) Commodore Sydney LeShant.
(d) Commodore Pletier.

2. How does the Commodore try to figure out what the British are going to do?
(a) He doesn't he just waits for whatever happens.
(b) Thinks about what he would do in their situation.
(c) Gathers local information.
(d) Sends a spy to the British lines.

3. What type of work does Cornelius Killick do?
(a) He is the sub commander at Teste de Buch.
(b) He is a privateer.
(c) He is a French marine.
(d) He is a British spy.

4. Why does Sharpe fear for his troops?
(a) He remembers Elphinstone's warning.
(b) They have to fight all the way to Paris.
(c) They are going in first.
(d) He thinks they have picked up the fever.

5. What does a group of the British see a few hours before Sharpe's mission?
(a) The French make a raid on British shipping.
(b) Sharpe and his friend shoot a French spy.
(c) Sharpe dancing with his wife.
(d) A small French boat sink in the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lassan feel when he hears of the land force?

2. What did Killick do in Chapter One?

3. Towards what river do the British troops advance?

4. What do the British decide they need to divert the French from the bridge site?

5. With what is Jane ill when Sharpe leaves on his mission?

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