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

2. What does Killick decide to do against the British land force?
(a) Prepare an ambush.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Run.
(d) Burn the forest so they can't hide.

3. 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.

4. How do Sharpe and Frederickson feel about each other?
(a) They like each other immediately.
(b) They are indifferent to each other.
(c) Frederickson is distainful of Sharpe.
(d) Sharpe feels uneasy about Frederickson.

5. What would happen if Bampfylde left Teste de Buch?
(a) The French would use it against the English.
(b) The French would occupy it again.
(c) He would march on Bordeaux.
(d) Sharpe would be on his own.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the French want Bampfylde to do?

2. How does Sharpe feel about hanging men?

3. What do the British decide they need to divert the French from the bridge site?

4. Of what vital fact is Lassan and Killick unaware?

5. Why do the British troops stop at the river?

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