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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Killick respond to Calvet's request?
(a) He says he would do it.
(b) He declines.
(c) He takes his men to launch his ship.
(d) He says that he will think about it.

2. What do the Facture town authorities try to do?
(a) Leave the town.
(b) Blow up the toll-bridge.
(c) Capture Sharpe.
(d) Surrender to Sharpe.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like when the French forces meet?

2. Who is leading the British forces at the beginning of this novel?

3. What does the addition of another high ranking officer do to the French forces?

4. What kind of motivation does the French commanding officers have?

5. What does Sharpe do when the soldier opens the gate?

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