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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. Who is leading the British forces at the beginning of this novel?
(a) Harbringer.
(b) Smith.
(c) Forthoer.
(d) Wellington.

2. What does Sharpe do the day after the fort was captured?
(a) Marches down the coast.
(b) Returns to the river.
(c) Marches inland.
(d) Rests his men.

3. What does Sharpe do to all the supply wagons?
(a) Drives them into the river.
(b) Sets them on fire.
(c) Blows them up.
(d) Takes them with him.

4. Who joins Sharpe near the river?
(a) A company of marines.
(b) Frederickson and his company.
(c) Killick and his men.
(d) A company of infantry.

5. How does the man that de Maquerre meets feel about Sharpe?
(a) Hates him with a passion.
(b) Admires him.
(c) Was friends with him in the past.
(d) Respects him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in charge of the Teste de Buch?

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

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

4. What do the men do when they approach the fort with Harper?

5. What does Bampfylde do that nearly wrecks the fortress?

(see the answer key)

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