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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Sharpe shot during the taking of Teste de Buch?
(a) Across the forehead.
(b) A graze on his thigh.
(c) A graze across the ribs.
(d) In his arm.

2. Into what territory have the British forces pushed after conquering the peninsula in question #3?
(a) Eastern Spain.
(b) Southern France.
(c) North Germany.
(d) Holland.

3. What closes with Teste de Buch at a given preset hour?
(a) Sharpe's companies.
(b) Bampfylde's Marines
(c) A French man-of-war.
(d) A British frigate.

4. Why does Killick surrender?
(a) He is out numbered.
(b) He has been assured of fair treatment.
(c) He doesn't have anything against the British.
(d) He is a coward.

5. What do the men do when they approach the fort with Harper?
(a) Bang on the door.
(b) Stand in front waving a white flag.
(c) Ask for a surgeon in French.
(d) Shoot the gate man.

6. Who suggest the site to which Killick moves his ambush?
(a) Bampfylde.
(b) Harper.
(c) Lassan.
(d) Smithfield.

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

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

9. What does Sharpe think about Harper's story?
(a) It is quite a coincidence.
(b) It is funny.
(c) It is ridiculous.
(d) It is a serious breach of military regulations.

10. What does Bampfylde's Marines do when they arrive at the fortress?
(a) Occupies it.
(b) Nothing they don't enter the fortress.
(c) Tears it down.
(d) Sets it on fire.

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

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

13. What does the man that de Marquerre meet conclude about the taking of the fortress?
(a) It is not a feint.
(b) It was too easy.
(c) It will put other French plans into disarray.
(d) It is the only action the British plan.

14. Why do the British troops stop at the river?
(a) The French are too strong on the other side of the river.
(b) To fill their water barrels.
(c) To water the horses.
(d) It is a natural barrier.

15. Where does Sharpe order his men after the battle at Teste de Buch?
(a) To the woods.
(b) No where they take up residence in the fort.
(c) Back to the ship.
(d) To Killick's ambush.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bampfylde say he is going to do with the Americans?

2. Who does the soldier at the gate think Harper is?

3. What is Sharpe ordered to do?

4. Why is Killick worried about Thuella?

5. Where does Sharpe's force land for the first part of their mission?

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