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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what territory have the British forces pushed after conquering the peninsula in question #3?
(a) Southern France.
(b) Holland.
(c) North Germany.
(d) Eastern Spain.

2. On what peninsula has the British forces been fighting?
(a) Iberian.
(b) Panama.
(c) Bengali.
(d) Shuther.

3. In what year does this novel start?
(a) 1814.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1820.
(d) 1811.

4. Why isn't Richard Sharpe's rank confirmed?
(a) He was drunk on duty.
(b) He doesn't want promoted.
(c) It hasn't reached the proper channels.
(d) It is in dispute.

5. What does Sharpe do with the American prisoners?
(a) Puts them on their ship then burns the ship.
(b) Sends them to England.
(c) Releases them.
(d) Shoots them.

6. Why does Bampfylde order Sharpe's rifle companies to get some rest?
(a) They captured the fort.
(b) To prepare for their inland excursion the next day.
(c) He doesn't have any authority over Sharpe's command.
(d) They will be first on the ships in the morning.

7. Where does Napoleon send fresh troops?
(a) Behind the British.
(b) Near the Shuther peninsula.
(c) To the new front.
(d) To Russia.

8. With whom does de Maquerre meet up?
(a) Captain Bourgeie.
(b) Major Pierre Ducos.
(c) Captain Thomas Caleynie.
(d) Major Stephene Rolleuax.

9. What does Bampfylde plan to do when he stops his activities because of Sharpe?
(a) Send the Americans to his ship.
(b) Find something with which to charge Sharpe.
(c) Shoot the Americans after releasing them.
(d) Wait until Sharpe leaves.

10. Who does Bampfylde interrogate?
(a) The French prisoners.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) The American prisoners.
(d) Lassan.

11. Who lands as the Marines march away?
(a) Winger's calvery.
(b) The infantry under Duley.
(c) Sharpe's companies.
(d) No one.

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

13. Why are the French not able to burn their ships?
(a) The gunpowder is wet.
(b) The British have already taken them.
(c) The French have no ships.
(d) It's raining too hard.

14. On whom's ship is Sharpe called to plan his mission?
(a) Wagner's.
(b) Lincoln's.
(c) Bampfylde's.
(d) Strigthens'.

15. What does Bampfylde say he is going to do with the Americans?
(a) Set them free.
(b) Send them to England.
(c) Hang them.
(d) Try them under British law.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why can't the Marines do the mission Sharpe is assigned?

3. What do the French want Bampfylde to do?

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

5. What does Sharpe do when he arrives near the fortress ahead of schedule?

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