2. What did Sharpe as the Americans to swear?
(a) To return to America.
(b) Not to aid the French.
(c) Not to engage in hostilities against Britain.
(d) Not to fight in any European war.

3. How do Sharpe and Frederickson feel about each other?
(a) They are indifferent to each other.
(b) Frederickson is distainful of Sharpe.
(c) Sharpe feels uneasy about Frederickson.
(d) They like each other immediately.

4. In what year does this novel start?
(a) 1814.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1820.

5. What would happen if Bampfylde left Teste de Buch?
(a) Sharpe would be on his own.
(b) The French would use it against the English.
(c) He would march on Bordeaux.
(d) The French would occupy it again.

6. What is Maquerre supposed to tell Sharpe?
(a) Bordeaux is waiting for him.
(b) Bordeaux has already rebelled.
(c) Bordeaux has been fortified.
(d) Bordeaux has been wiped out.

7. Of what vital fact is Lassan and Killick unaware?
(a) They do not know the British ship will also attack by water.
(b) They do not know the marines aren't ill.
(c) They do not know their spy is with the British.
(d) They do not know about Sharpe's force.

8. What does Bampfylde plan to do when he stops his activities because of Sharpe?
(a) Find something with which to charge Sharpe.
(b) Shoot the Americans after releasing them.
(c) Wait until Sharpe leaves.
(d) Send the Americans to his ship.

9. Where does Napoleon send fresh troops?
(a) To the new front.
(b) Behind the British.
(c) To Russia.
(d) Near the Shuther peninsula.

10. Why does Sharpe ask Harper to pull his infected tooth?
(a) In a plan to gain access to the fortress.
(b) So he won't get sick.
(c) He didn't ask him to do that.
(d) So he can go to the medical tent.

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

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

13. 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.

14. How experienced are the men in Sharpe's new command?
(a) Highly-skilled combat veterans.
(b) New recruits.
(c) They are average infantrymen.
(d) Are disorganized.

15. What does British intelligence do to the Comte de Maquerre?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Send him to London.
(c) Manipulate him.
(d) Arrest him.