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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lands as the Marines march away?
(a) Sharpe's companies.
(b) Winger's calvery.
(c) No one.
(d) The infantry under Duley.

2. Where does Napoleon send fresh troops?
(a) To Russia.
(b) Behind the British.
(c) Near the Shuther peninsula.
(d) To the new front.

3. What is Sharpe ordered to do?
(a) Assassinate the French general.
(b) Slip behind the French line and poison their water source.
(c) Take out a French man-of-war.
(d) Capture a fortress that is said to be ill-guarded.

4. What do the men do when they approach the fort with Harper?
(a) Stand in front waving a white flag.
(b) Shoot the gate man.
(c) Bang on the door.
(d) Ask for a surgeon in French.

5. Why are the French not able to burn their ships?
(a) The British have already taken them.
(b) It's raining too hard.
(c) The French have no ships.
(d) The gunpowder is wet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bampfylde think Killick is?

2. Why does Sharpe do as he is told?

3. What is Sharpe supposed to do after the first part of his mission is accomplished?

4. Towards what river do the British troops advance?

5. Who assumes command of the force that will assault Teste de Buch?

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