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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after Bampfylde leaves the fortress does Sharpe arrive?
(a) Fourteen hours.
(b) One day.
(c) Two days.
(d) Several hours.

2. Who first intervenes for the Americans?
(a) Baliwick.
(b) Harper.
(c) Smithfield.
(d) Frederickson.

3. Where does Sharpe go his last few hours before his mission?
(a) To the town tavern.
(b) The officer's club.
(c) To bed.
(d) To visit a priest.

4. What do the British decide they need to divert the French from the bridge site?
(a) Lighting a forest fire.
(b) A diversionary action.
(c) Mortar fire behind them.
(d) Damming the river and flooding the plain.

5. What do the French do besides bombard and shell the fortress?
(a) Dig tunnels.
(b) Make several feints.
(c) Poison the water supply.
(d) Shoot fire arrows.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Commodore try to figure out what the British are going to do?

2. What happens to the French as they put the fascines in place?

3. What does Killick tell Sharpe?

4. Who suggest the site to which Killick moves his ambush?

5. Why does Sharpe surrender?

(see the answer key)

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