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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is in charge of the Teste de Buch?
(a) Commodore Pletier.
(b) Commodore Sydney LeShant.
(c) Commodore Henri Lassan.
(d) Commodore LaFayette.

2. What type of work does Cornelius Killick do?
(a) He is a privateer.
(b) He is a French marine.
(c) He is the sub commander at Teste de Buch.
(d) He is a British spy.

3. What does the Comte de Maquerre do for France?
(a) He is an admiral.
(b) He is a spy.
(c) He is in charge of the French forces.
(d) He is the prime minister.

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

5. Where does the commodore of the fort send his men?
(a) To the seaward wall.
(b) To the landward wall.
(c) Into the hills.
(d) To the harbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Harper among Sharpe's company?

2. What does Sharpe do when the soldier opens the gate?

3. Why does Sharpe ask Harper to pull his infected tooth?

4. Who does the soldier at the gate think Harper is?

5. Towards what river do the British troops advance?

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