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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. Why do the French soldiers fight poorly?
(a) They are mostly recruits.
(b) They have been marching for two days without rest.
(c) Most of them are ill.
(d) They are too afraid to fight.

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

3. What does Sharpe quote to Bampfylde?
(a) Human rights section of the British constitution.
(b) Regulations concerning the command structure.
(c) His orders.
(d) The Bible.

4. Who lands as the Marines march away?
(a) Sharpe's companies.
(b) Winger's calvery.
(c) The infantry under Duley.
(d) No one.

5. What do the British decide will support building a temporary bridge across the river?
(a) Two large felled trees.
(b) A British frigate.
(c) Dozens of small ships.
(d) The calvery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sharpe think about Harper's story?

3. Who does Bampfylde interrogate?

4. What does Palmer say about the mission on which Bampfylde sent him?

5. What will Sharpe do while Teste de Buch is being assaulted?

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