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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. Why does Sharpe ask Harper to pull his infected tooth?
(a) So he won't get sick.
(b) In a plan to gain access to the fortress.
(c) So he can go to the medical tent.
(d) He didn't ask him to do that.

2. What does Bampfylde decide to do when de Maquerre tells him Sharpe's forces have been killed to the man?
(a) Slaps de Maquerre in chains.
(b) Sends scouts to check out his story.
(c) Gets the men to start fortifying.
(d) Decides to abandon the fortress.

3. What does Colonel Favier parlay with Sharpe about?
(a) Allowing the wounded medical care.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Food and water.
(d) Leaving the fortress.

4. What does Bampfylde keep looking for back at the beach?
(a) British ships to pick him and his men up.
(b) Thuella.
(c) A way through the mountains to Bordeaux.
(d) Lassan and his men.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe do after they cross the Leyre River?

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

3. Who does Bampfylde credit in his official report to the Admiralty?

4. What type of man is the man who meets Duco?

5. Who leads the naval expedition near Gujan?

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