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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, 14, and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe quote to Bampfylde?
(a) Human rights section of the British constitution.
(b) His orders.
(c) Regulations concerning the command structure.
(d) The Bible.

2. How long do Sharpe and his men march?
(a) Two days.
(b) For one day.
(c) All night.
(d) Sixteen hours.

3. What kind of thoughts of Jane trouble Sharpe?
(a) That she'll miss him.
(b) That she'll find another man.
(c) That she'd dead or dying.
(d) That she's with child.

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

5. Why can't the Marines do the mission Sharpe is assigned?
(a) The Marines are sick with fever.
(b) The Marines are going elsewhere.
(c) The Marines are back on the peninsula.
(d) There are no Marines in the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man that de Marquerre meet conclude about the taking of the fortress?

2. What type of tactic does Sharpe use on the convoy?

3. What does Lassan and his men do when the British enter the fort?

4. What kind of time do the rifle companies make marching?

5. What surprises Sharpe when they arrive at their mission site?

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