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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What continues to mount within the fortress?
(a) British dead and wounded.
(b) Enthusiasm and hope.
(c) A desire for revenge against Bampfylde.
(d) Pessimism.

2. What does Calvet ask Killick to do?
(a) Attack one side of the fortress.
(b) Get his men out of the area.
(c) Provide a naval bombardment.
(d) Go in an parley with Sharpe.

3. What does Sharpe do as the last longboat leaves the beach?
(a) Jumps in it.
(b) Kills Calvet.
(c) Kills Ducos.
(d) Hangs onto it.

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

5. With whom does Ducos meet?
(a) General Calvet.
(b) General Faluken.
(c) Major Doomar.
(d) Colonel Hauter.

6. What does Palmer say about the mission on which Bampfylde sent him?
(a) It went well.
(b) It's a fool's errand.
(c) He'll do it next week.
(d) It is finished.

7. What does Killick ask Sharpe?
(a) That he be released from his oath.
(b) If his men can fight too.
(c) If he can leave.
(d) If he can right his ship.

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

9. What is the weather like when the French forces meet?
(a) Foggy.
(b) Snowy.
(c) Stormy.
(d) Sunny.

10. Why does Lucille follow Sharpe's force?
(a) To cook for the men.
(b) To earn some money doing laundry.
(c) To declare her love for one of the soldiers.
(d) To become a camp follower.

11. What does Harper manage to repair in the fort?
(a) The landward wall.
(b) The landward gate.
(c) The long range artillery.
(d) One cannon.

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

13. What does a Marine named Robinson do?
(a) Get in a fight with Sharpe.
(b) Desert his post.
(c) Kill the town mayor.
(d) Sexually assaults a local girl.

14. Who joins Sharpe near the river?
(a) A company of infantry.
(b) Frederickson and his company.
(c) Killick and his men.
(d) A company of marines.

15. What does Colonel Favier parlay with Sharpe about?
(a) Allowing the wounded medical care.
(b) Leaving the fortress.
(c) Food and water.
(d) Surrender.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the addition of another high ranking officer do to the French forces?

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

3. How do Sharpe and his men get across the Leyre River?

4. What kind of motivation does the French commanding officers have?

5. What does Sharpe do after they cross the Leyre River?

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