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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10, 11, and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sharpe do as he is told?
(a) He knows he doesn't have all the facts.
(b) He would be court martialed.
(c) He believes an order is an order.
(d) The ship is left and he has no choice.

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

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

4. How do Sharpe and his men get across the Leyre River?
(a) Wade.
(b) Boats.
(c) Toll-bridge.
(d) They build rafts.

5. What did Sharpe as the Americans to swear?
(a) To return to America.
(b) Not to engage in hostilities against Britain.
(c) Not to aid the French.
(d) Not to fight in any European war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Killick do in Chapter One?

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

3. What is the first town which Sharpe's men encounter?

4. Who does Bampfylde credit in his official report to the Admiralty?

5. What does Bampfylde plan to do when he stops his activities because of Sharpe?

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