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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the French as they put the fascines in place?
(a) They were repulsed.
(b) Calvet was killed.
(c) The fascines were set afire.
(d) They were too far away for the British to do anything.

3. What does Sharpe and his men scavenge from the fort?
(a) Powder and armaments.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Horses.
(d) Food.

4. What type of tactic does Sharpe use on the convoy?
(a) Shooting low to take out the enemies' legs.
(b) His men fire then lie prone behind the smoke.
(c) Charging the calvery with bayonets.
(d) Sending half of his men behind the convoy.

5. With what is Jane ill when Sharpe leaves on his mission?
(a) Dysentery and a coughing fever.
(b) A bad cold.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Allergies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the man that de Marquerre meet conclude about the taking of the fortress?

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

4. How does the Commodore try to figure out what the British are going to do?

5. What do Sharpe's scouts find?

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