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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 the man who meets de Maquerre do for a living?
(a) He is a French infantry captain.
(b) He is a French intelligence agent.
(c) He is a French count.
(d) He is a French Marine.

2. What does Sharpe do with the American prisoners?
(a) Puts them on their ship then burns the ship.
(b) Shoots them.
(c) Sends them to England.
(d) Releases them.

3. How does the Commodore try to figure out what the British are going to do?
(a) He doesn't he just waits for whatever happens.
(b) Sends a spy to the British lines.
(c) Gathers local information.
(d) Thinks about what he would do in their situation.

4. Who does Bampfylde interrogate?
(a) The French prisoners.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Lassan.
(d) The American prisoners.

5. Where does Sharpe's force land for the first part of their mission?
(a) At the bay in front of Teste de Buch.
(b) Near Teste de Buch but out of sight.
(c) Upriver, but in sight of Teste de Buch.
(d) No where, they approach Teste de Buch by sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the French do besides bombard and shell the fortress?

2. What type of man is the man who meets Duco?

3. In this war between Napoleon and Europe with whom are the Americans allied?

4. With what specific does Calvet begin to bombard the fortress?

5. What does Bampfylde say he is going to do with the Americans?

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