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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, 14, and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Killick tell Sharpe?
(a) His boat can take twenty men.
(b) The leader of the French is homicidal.
(c) He is leaving before the French attack.
(d) There is a large supply of quicklime nearby.

2. What type of work does Cornelius Killick do?
(a) He is a French marine.
(b) He is the sub commander at Teste de Buch.
(c) He is a privateer.
(d) He is a British spy.

3. What does Calvet worry about at the fortress?
(a) His breakfast.
(b) His wife.
(c) Getting a promotion.
(d) The military situation.

4. What kind of thoughts of Jane trouble Sharpe?
(a) That she'll miss him.
(b) That she'd dead or dying.
(c) That she's with child.
(d) That she'll find another man.

5. Why is the Commodore in charge of Teste de Buch concerned?
(a) His food supply is almost gone.
(b) His forces are undermanned.
(c) His wall is crumbling.
(d) The water in the well is bad.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what would Sharpe use quicklime?

3. On what does Calvet concentrate his fire?

4. What would happen if Bampfylde left Teste de Buch?

5. What does Harper manage to repair in the fort?

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