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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. Why is Killick intervening in the battle at Teste de Buch?
(a) He hates the French.
(b) His wife is in the fort.
(c) He hates the British.
(d) He is worried for his ship.

2. What would happen if Bampfylde left Teste de Buch?
(a) The French would occupy it again.
(b) Sharpe would be on his own.
(c) The French would use it against the English.
(d) He would march on Bordeaux.

3. Why can't the Marines do the mission Sharpe is assigned?
(a) The Marines are sick with fever.
(b) There are no Marines in the area.
(c) The Marines are going elsewhere.
(d) The Marines are back on the peninsula.

4. On what peninsula has the British forces been fighting?
(a) Bengali.
(b) Iberian.
(c) Shuther.
(d) Panama.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Killick say to Sharpe about hanging sailors?

2. What does a Marine named Robinson do?

3. What type of work does Cornelius Killick do?

4. Why does Bampfylde order Sharpe's rifle companies to get some rest?

5. Who first intervenes for the Americans?

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