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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. What does the man who meets de Maquerre do for a living?
(a) He is a French infantry captain.
(b) He is a French intelligence agent.
(c) He is a French Marine.
(d) He is a French count.

2. Why has Wigram attached another man to Sharpe's forces?
(a) To keep tabs on Sharpe.
(b) To force the issue of a march on Bordeaux.
(c) He has medical skills.
(d) He knows the area well.

3. What do Sharpe and Frederickson think about their situation at Teste de Buch?
(a) They can escape via the water.
(b) They can win.
(c) They could try to kill Calvet and split the force.
(d) It is hopeless.

4. What does Killick ask Sharpe?
(a) If his men can fight too.
(b) If he can leave.
(c) If he can right his ship.
(d) That he be released from his oath.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What closes with Teste de Buch at a given preset hour?

2. What does Harper do to Robinson?

3. With what does Calvet hit the fortress after the bombardment?

4. What does Sharpe and his men scavenge from the fort?

5. What does Bampfylde's Marines do when they arrive at the fortress?

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