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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 Bampfylde do that nearly wrecks the fortress?
(a) Sets fire to it.
(b) Opens the sea gates and floods it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Causes the main magazines to be detonated.

2. What do they do with Harper after he pulls his tooth?
(a) Give him whiskey to drink.
(b) Make him lie down.
(c) Put him on a stretcher.
(d) Put him in a hand cart.

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

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

5. What is Maquerre supposed to tell Sharpe?
(a) Bordeaux has already rebelled.
(b) Bordeaux has been wiped out.
(c) Bordeaux has been fortified.
(d) Bordeaux is waiting for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bampfylde say he is going to do with the Americans?

2. What does Sharpe do when he arrives near the fortress ahead of schedule?

3. What does Killick present to Bampfylde?

4. What do the British decide will support building a temporary bridge across the river?

5. How long after Bampfylde leaves the fortress does Sharpe arrive?

(see the answer key)

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