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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sharpe supposed to do after the first part of his mission is accomplished?
(a) Go on the bridge building crew.
(b) Return to the British camp.
(c) March inland toward Bordeaux.
(d) Head towards Paris.

2. In what year does this novel start?
(a) 1811.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1814.
(d) 1820.

3. Of what vital fact is Lassan and Killick unaware?
(a) They do not know about Sharpe's force.
(b) They do not know the British ship will also attack by water.
(c) They do not know their spy is with the British.
(d) They do not know the marines aren't ill.

4. What surprises Sharpe when they arrive at their mission site?
(a) The number o Marines that are there.
(b) How run down the fort looks.
(c) How hot the weather is for December.
(d) The few number of French on the walls of Teste de Buch.

5. What does British intelligence do to the Comte de Maquerre?
(a) Send him to London.
(b) Shoot him.
(c) Manipulate him.
(d) Arrest him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Napoleon send fresh troops?

2. What will Sharpe do while Teste de Buch is being assaulted?

3. Why does Sharpe do as he is told?

4. Into what territory have the British forces pushed after conquering the peninsula in question #3?

5. Who leads the naval expedition near Gujan?

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