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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what direction are Bampfylde's Marines marching?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East.

2. How does Sharpe feel about hanging men?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Has a great distaste for it.
(c) Believes it's a good way to go.
(d) Enthusiastic.

3. Who does Bampfylde credit in his official report to the Admiralty?
(a) Himself.
(b) Fredrickson.
(c) Sharpe.
(d) Captain Palmer.

4. What do Sharpe's scouts find?
(a) Two companies of French artillery.
(b) Killick's ambush.
(c) A company of French infantry advancing on the fortress.
(d) A French man-of-war hiding in the harbor.

5. What is Maquerre supposed to tell Bampfylde?
(a) Sharpe's men have been captured.
(b) Sharpe's men have turned away from the road to Bordeaux.
(c) Sharpe has been taken prisoner.
(d) Sharpe's men have been destroyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lassan feel when he hears of the land force?

2. On whom's ship is Sharpe called to plan his mission?

3. What does Sharpe worry about from his wound?

4. Why does Bampfylde order Sharpe's rifle companies to get some rest?

5. In this war between Napoleon and Europe with whom are the Americans allied?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Killick's ambush neutralized?

2. What plan does Sharpe use to get into the fortress?

3. To where do the British advance in Chapter 1 and 2 and what do they decide to do next?

4. What does an English frigate do about the Teste de Buch and how does Lassan respond?

5. What does Killick decide to do with the British coming?

6. How does Killick respond to Sharpe's distaste for hanging?

7. What does Lassan do when he flees the fortress?

8. Describe briefly Sharpe's new command.

9. Where does Killick move his cannon, how does he feel about his intervention and why is he doing it?

10. What does Sharpe do with the American prisoners and how does Bampfylde respond?

(see the answer keys)

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