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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. What does Sharpe hope to do after the first French attack?
(a) Delay another attack for at least 48 hours.
(b) Set up a counter attack.
(c) Get a message out for reinforcements.
(d) Be able to quietly send troops behind the French.

2. Where is the majority of Sharpe's forces concentrated?
(a) In the castle.
(b) They are evenly distributed.
(c) In the town.
(d) In the convent.

3. What happens just as the French begin their final massive attack?
(a) The defenders withdraw to the village.
(b) A large British force arrives.
(c) Shapre finds three cannon and repulse the French yet again.
(d) Sharpe surrenders.

4. Who favors the type of attack the French forces leader favors?
(a) Wellington.
(b) The Moors.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) Napoleon.

5. Why isn't Frederickson's fire on the advancing column effective?
(a) The column is too large.
(b) His riflemen are poor shots.
(c) The French block the bullets with shields.
(d) They don't have enough bullets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the French think about Sharpe's forces?

2. Where is Harper when the French take over the convent?

3. What does Sharpe send Harper to collect?

4. What does Farthingdale do when he comes outside?

5. How do many of Pot-au-Fea's men escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Farthingdale comes outside and what interests him about the French?

2. Who is spotted in the village that surprises Sharpe?

3. Why doesn't the French take the castle?

4. What happens to the first two French attacks?

5. What do Sharpe and Harper do when the British attack is faltering?

6. What is the French's response to Sharpe's machinations?

7. What are the first actions Sharpe takes after the war council?

8. Where do the French concentrate their artillery fire and why? What is the British response?

9. How do the French respond after the first two attacks?

10. How does Sharpe deploy the rocket artillery and what is the result of the use of them?

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