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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10, 11, and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Maquerre supposed to tell Bampfylde?
(a) Sharpe's men have turned away from the road to Bordeaux.
(b) Sharpe has been taken prisoner.
(c) Sharpe's men have been destroyed.
(d) Sharpe's men have been captured.

2. Why does Bampfylde order Sharpe's rifle companies to get some rest?
(a) They will be first on the ships in the morning.
(b) He doesn't have any authority over Sharpe's command.
(c) They captured the fort.
(d) To prepare for their inland excursion the next day.

3. How do Sharpe and Frederickson feel about each other?
(a) Frederickson is distainful of Sharpe.
(b) They like each other immediately.
(c) They are indifferent to each other.
(d) Sharpe feels uneasy about Frederickson.

4. What does Bampfylde keep looking for back at the beach?
(a) Thuella.
(b) A way through the mountains to Bordeaux.
(c) Lassan and his men.
(d) British ships to pick him and his men up.

5. What does Sharpe decide to do after he receives news from de Maquerre?
(a) Return to Teste de Buch.
(b) Make camp where he is.
(c) Return to the British encampment.
(d) Go immediately to Bordeaux.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the British decide will support building a temporary bridge across the river?

2. What did Sharpe as the Americans to swear?

3. What is Maquerre supposed to tell Sharpe?

4. Who suggest the site to which Killick moves his ambush?

5. How late does Bampfylde arrive at the fortress?

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