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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. What is Maquerre supposed to tell Sharpe?
(a) Bordeaux has been wiped out.
(b) Bordeaux has already rebelled.
(c) Bordeaux has been fortified.
(d) Bordeaux is waiting for him.

2. Who first intervenes for the Americans?
(a) Harper.
(b) Smithfield.
(c) Baliwick.
(d) Frederickson.

3. What did Killick do in Chapter One?
(a) Infiltrate the French line.
(b) Get married.
(c) Infiltrate the British.
(d) The raid on the British ships.

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

5. How does the man that de Maquerre meets feel about Sharpe?
(a) Hates him with a passion.
(b) Was friends with him in the past.
(c) Respects him.
(d) Admires him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Killick surrender?

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

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

4. What does Killick present to Bampfylde?

5. Who assumes command of the force that will assault Teste de Buch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the various officers Sharpe meets with think about what the British should do?

2. What does Pierre Ducos do when he learns Sharpe is marching inland?

3. What surprises Sharpe when they land and why is he surprised and what does Bampfylde do?

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

5. Who joins Sharpe's mission at the last moment, what kind of problems does he cause and why does Sharpe's superiors allow it?

6. Describe the recent event just preceding this book.

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

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

9. What kind of shape are Bampfylde and his Marines and how does this affect what they do?

10. What does Lassan do when he flees the fortress?

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