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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How experienced are the men in Sharpe's new command?
(a) Highly-skilled combat veterans.
(b) Are disorganized.
(c) They are average infantrymen.
(d) New recruits.

2. What does the Commodore decide will be the British's method of attack on his fort?
(a) By sea.
(b) By land.
(c) By sea and by land.
(d) He decides he's not important enough to attack.

3. Where does Sharpe go his last few hours before his mission?
(a) The officer's club.
(b) To the town tavern.
(c) To bed.
(d) To visit a priest.

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

5. In what condition are Bampfylde's Marines?
(a) Out of shape.
(b) Strong.
(c) Fit but slow.
(d) Most of them are too ill to walk fast.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How late does Bampfylde arrive at the fortress?

3. What does Killick say to Sharpe about hanging sailors?

4. What is Sharpe supposed to do after the first part of his mission is accomplished?

5. Why does Sharpe decline Patrick Harper's volunteering to join the unit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Harper's story concerning how he is with Sharpe's men?

2. What plan does Sharpe use to get into the fortress?

3. Where does Killick move his cannon, how does he feel about his intervention and why is he doing it?

4. How does Killick respond to Sharpe's distaste for hanging?

5. What does Killick think the British will do, how much experience does he have with fighting on land and what worries him the most?

6. What does Sharpe doe when he arrives near the area of the fortress?

7. How does Sharpe counter Bampfylde's assertion of command and what does Bampfylde decide to do?

8. Why is Commodore Lassan at Teste de Buch uneasy?

9. What does Bampfylde do with the American prisoners and why?

10. What does Killick and Sharpe realize when they speak?

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