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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Bampfylde do that nearly wrecks the fortress?
(a) Causes the main magazines to be detonated.
(b) Opens the sea gates and floods it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Sets fire to it.

3. Where is the ambush site that Sharpe selects located?
(a) Inside Bordeaux.
(b) Between Teste de Buch and the Leyre River.
(c) On the roadway leading out of Bordeaux.
(d) Near the road going to Bordeaux.

4. With whom does de Maquerre meet up?
(a) Captain Thomas Caleynie.
(b) Major Pierre Ducos.
(c) Major Stephene Rolleuax.
(d) Captain Bourgeie.

5. What does Bampfylde's Marines do when they arrive at the fortress?
(a) Tears it down.
(b) Nothing they don't enter the fortress.
(c) Sets it on fire.
(d) Occupies it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of formation do the French assault the Teste de Buch the first time after bombardment and shelling?

2. Who lands as the Marines march away?

3. Who is leading the British forces at the beginning of this novel?

4. What does Calvet worry about at the fortress?

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

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