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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bampfylde doing when Sharpe sees him?
(a) Having dinner.
(b) Drinking wine.
(c) Conversing gaily with young women.
(d) Pitching a tent.

2. Why are the French unable to use their howitzers and field guns during the storm?
(a) It's too dangerous in lightning.
(b) The wind is too high.
(c) They can't see through the fog.
(d) The gunpowder is wet.

3. Why has Killick agreed to a staged surrender?
(a) He likes Sharpe.
(b) He hates Calvet.
(c) Sharpe released him from his oath.
(d) He is mad at the French.

4. How do Killick and Sharpe feel about each other?
(a) They tolerate each other.
(b) They respect each other but see the other as an enemy.
(c) They develop a genuine if rudimentary friendship.
(d) They hate each other.

5. What is bothering Sharpe as he marches?
(a) The wear on his men.
(b) His wound.
(c) His orders.
(d) The weather.

6. Of what Is the convoy which comes across the ambush site consist?
(a) French artillery units.
(b) French rifle units.
(c) French sailors heading for Teste de Buch.
(d) French infantry, supply wagons, and some calvery.

7. Where are the British men heading who are using the bridge?
(a) To the Rhinheart mountains.
(b) Deeper into France.
(c) Back to England.
(d) To Teste de Buch.

8. What is the first town which Sharpe's men encounter?
(a) Killinbrock.
(b) Therebey.
(c) Poitier.
(d) Facture.

9. What does Sharpe do after they cross the Leyre River?
(a) Begin to march along the river.
(b) Turn north and continue the march.
(c) Find a suitable ambush site.
(d) Have dinner.

10. What does Sharpe and his men scavenge from the fort?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Horses.
(c) Powder and armaments.
(d) Food.

11. With what does Calvet hit the fortress after the bombardment?
(a) Calvery.
(b) Sappers.
(c) Canisters.
(d) Cannon.

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

13. What type of tactic does Sharpe use on the convoy?
(a) Charging the calvery with bayonets.
(b) His men fire then lie prone behind the smoke.
(c) Sending half of his men behind the convoy.
(d) Shooting low to take out the enemies' legs.

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

15. What does Frederickson do after Sharpe's companies routed the French?
(a) Sets up camp.
(b) Nothing, he's been injured.
(c) Leads an expeditionary force after them.
(d) Takes down the toll-bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like when the French forces meet?

2. What happens during the second assault in question #148?

3. What does Sharpe do when he sees Bampfylde?

4. What do the remaining rifles and Marines do while Killick's longboats shuttle men to his ship?

5. What does Calvet decide about the best way to assault the fortress?

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