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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. What does Bampfylde think Killick is?
(a) A pirate.
(b) A spy.
(c) A French soldier.
(d) An officer in the American navy.

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

3. What does Sharpe order be done with the British flag over the fortress?
(a) That it is taken down.
(b) That it is replaced with the French flag.
(c) That it is set at half mast.
(d) That it is burned.

4. How do Sharpe and his men get across the Leyre River?
(a) Wade.
(b) They build rafts.
(c) Toll-bridge.
(d) Boats.

5. What does Calvet decide about the best way to assault the fortress?
(a) Seizing until they starve.
(b) Burning the gate down.
(c) A frontal attack.
(d) An attack from the sea.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why has Wigram attached another man to Sharpe's forces?

4. Why does Sharpe fear for his troops?

5. What does Harper manage to repair in the fort?

(see the answer key)

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