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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 Palmer say about the mission on which Bampfylde sent him?
(a) He'll do it next week.
(b) It's a fool's errand.
(c) It went well.
(d) It is finished.

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

3. What does the addition of another high ranking officer do to the French forces?
(a) Adds more brain power.
(b) Confuses the men in the ranks.
(c) Creates arguments about command.
(d) Stops the battle for a while.

4. Why is Killick intervening in the battle at Teste de Buch?
(a) He hates the French.
(b) He hates the British.
(c) He is worried for his ship.
(d) His wife is in the fort.

5. About how long does it take Sharpe to subdue the French?
(a) The entire day.
(b) An hour and a half.
(c) Two hours.
(d) About 25 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what peninsula has the British forces been fighting?

2. What does the man that de Marquerre meet conclude about the taking of the fortress?

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

4. For what would Sharpe use quicklime?

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

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