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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. How do Killick and Sharpe feel about each other?
(a) They respect each other but see the other as an enemy.
(b) They tolerate each other.
(c) They hate each other.
(d) They develop a genuine if rudimentary friendship.

2. In what type of formation do the French assault the Teste de Buch the first time after bombardment and shelling?
(a) Massed frontal force.
(b) Small forays.
(c) With calvery.
(d) Long line.

3. Who joins the assaulting troops?
(a) Calvet.
(b) Lassan.
(c) Ducaoth.
(d) Killick.

4. Why type of attack did the French use after the one in question #145?
(a) The boarded ships and came from the seaward side.
(b) Sapping under the wall.
(c) Fire arrows and more shelling.
(d) Feinting action adn harassing fire.

5. Why does Sharpe fear for his troops?
(a) They are going in first.
(b) He remembers Elphinstone's warning.
(c) They have to fight all the way to Paris.
(d) He thinks they have picked up the fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Bampfylde leaves the fortress does Sharpe arrive?

2. Where is the ambush site that Sharpe selects located?

3. What does the Commodore decide will be the British's method of attack on his fort?

4. Who does Bampfylde interrogate?

5. The man who meets Ducos fought on what front?

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