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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. How long do Sharpe and his men march?
(a) For one day.
(b) All night.
(c) Sixteen hours.
(d) Two days.

2. With whom does Ducos meet?
(a) General Faluken.
(b) General Calvet.
(c) Major Doomar.
(d) Colonel Hauter.

3. How long after Bampfylde leaves the fortress does Sharpe arrive?
(a) Several hours.
(b) One day.
(c) Two days.
(d) Fourteen hours.

4. What do the Facture town authorities try to do?
(a) Leave the town.
(b) Capture Sharpe.
(c) Surrender to Sharpe.
(d) Blow up the toll-bridge.

5. What does Calvet decide about the best way to assault the fortress?
(a) A frontal attack.
(b) Burning the gate down.
(c) Seizing until they starve.
(d) An attack from the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the French as they put the fascines in place?

2. Why is Sharpe anger at himself?

3. What does the sortie led by Frederickson accomplish?

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

5. What does Sharpe do to all the supply wagons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sharpe and Frederickson think about their situation and what troubles Sharpe?

2. What does Bampfylde do before leaving Teste de Buch?

3. What is the local commander, Calvet like?

4. What occurs during the exchange between Calvet and Killick?

5. What type of crime was committed in the town and what happens to the perpetrator?

6. What happens when Sharpe sees de Maquerre?

7. What happens with Ducos' plan and how does Sharpe feel about de Maquerre's information?

8. Who joins Sharpe and why?

9. What does Killick do in obedience to the French? What is Sharpe's response?

10. What happens when the French first arrive at the fort and how does Calvet respond to it?

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