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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) Drinking wine.
(b) Having dinner.
(c) Conversing gaily with young women.
(d) Pitching a tent.

2. How long do Sharpe and his men march?
(a) All night.
(b) Sixteen hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) For one day.

3. What happens during the second assault in question #148?
(a) Several French soldiers get into the fortress.
(b) Four Frenchmen die for every one Britain.
(c) There is a standoff.
(d) The French are completely repulsed.

4. What does Sharpe decide to do after he receives news from de Maquerre?
(a) Return to the British encampment.
(b) Go immediately to Bordeaux.
(c) Return to Teste de Buch.
(d) Make camp where he is.

5. Why is the attack Ducos presses technically illegal?
(a) All of Sharpe's men are wounded.
(b) He has orders to leave.
(c) Sharpe has already surrendered.
(d) Sharpe has vacated the fort.

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

7. What does Bampfylde decide to do when de Maquerre tells him Sharpe's forces have been killed to the man?
(a) Gets the men to start fortifying.
(b) Sends scouts to check out his story.
(c) Decides to abandon the fortress.
(d) Slaps de Maquerre in chains.

8. On what does Calvet concentrate his fire?
(a) The center of the fortress.
(b) The command tower.
(c) The gate.
(d) The parapets.

9. After a section of a wall falls what does Sharpe do?
(a) Slips out of the fort during the night.
(b) Requests a parlay.
(c) Sends his men into the forest.
(d) Surrenders the fort.

10. What type of passage does the bridge afford?
(a) Stout and strong.
(b) Very unstable.
(c) It's a permanent bridge.
(d) Serviceable.

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

12. What do Sharpe's men do when they reach the main British encampment?
(a) Go look for Bampfylde.
(b) Get drunk.
(c) Seek medical aid.
(d) Pitch their tents.

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

14. Why do the French soldiers fight poorly?
(a) They are too afraid to fight.
(b) They are mostly recruits.
(c) Most of them are ill.
(d) They have been marching for two days without rest.

15. What does the sortie led by Frederickson accomplish?
(a) Acquires some more gunpowder.
(b) Breaks the siege.
(c) Takes dozens of French lives.
(d) Not much.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Calvet hit the fortress after the bombardment?

2. With what specific does Calvet begin to bombard the fortress?

3. Who joins Sharpe near the river?

4. Why does Lucille follow Sharpe's force?

5. Where does Killick set Sharpe's men ashore?

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