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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. Of what vital fact is Lassan and Killick unaware?
(a) They do not know the British ship will also attack by water.
(b) They do not know about Sharpe's force.
(c) They do not know their spy is with the British.
(d) They do not know the marines aren't ill.

2. For what would Sharpe use quicklime?
(a) As a primitive chemical warfare to blind the enemy.
(b) To cleanse the water supply.
(c) For treating wounds.
(d) To make gunpowder.

3. Why is Killick worried about Thuella?
(a) He's not worried about it.
(b) It is laid up in disrepair.
(c) It has a hole in it.
(d) It was supposed to be back yesterday.

4. How long after Bampfylde leaves the fortress does Sharpe arrive?
(a) One day.
(b) Two days.
(c) Fourteen hours.
(d) Several hours.

5. What does Bampfylde keep looking for back at the beach?
(a) A way through the mountains to Bordeaux.
(b) Lassan and his men.
(c) British ships to pick him and his men up.
(d) Thuella.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a Marine named Robinson do?

2. Who is leading the British forces at the beginning of this novel?

3. What does Harper do to Robinson?

4. Why do the British troops stop at the river?

5. What does Sharpe do the day after the fort was captured?

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