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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. What type of man is the man who meets Duco?
(a) Careful and considerate.
(b) Amicable.
(c) Vicious and greedy.
(d) Thoughtful.

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

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

4. What do the French want Bampfylde to do?
(a) Abandon Teste de Buch.
(b) Hunker down in the fort.
(c) Come after Sharpe.
(d) March up the coast.

5. How do Killick and Sharpe feel about each other?
(a) They hate each other.
(b) They tolerate each other.
(c) They develop a genuine if rudimentary friendship.
(d) They respect each other but see the other as an enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man who meets Ducos fought on what front?

2. Why is the Commodore in charge of Teste de Buch concerned?

3. Why is Killick worried about Thuella?

4. What is Maquerre supposed to tell Sharpe?

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

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