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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. Why is Killick worried about Thuella?
(a) It was supposed to be back yesterday.
(b) It is laid up in disrepair.
(c) He's not worried about it.
(d) It has a hole in it.

2. What do the British decide will support building a temporary bridge across the river?
(a) The calvery.
(b) A British frigate.
(c) Dozens of small ships.
(d) Two large felled trees.

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

4. Who suggest the site to which Killick moves his ambush?
(a) Smithfield.
(b) Bampfylde.
(c) Harper.
(d) Lassan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Commodore decide will be the British's method of attack on his fort?

2. What does British intelligence do to the Comte de Maquerre?

3. What does Sharpe worry about from his wound?

4. Where was Sharpe shot during the taking of Teste de Buch?

5. With what is Jane ill when Sharpe leaves on his mission?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What surprises Sharpe when they land and why is he surprised and what does Bampfylde do?

3. What does Sharpe doe when he arrives near the area of the fortress?

4. How does Frederickson feel about the treatment of the Americans and what does he do?

5. What is Sharpe's mission and what does Elphinstone think about it?

6. What is Richard Sharpe's role in the coming British action and why is he chosen for this task?

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

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

9. How does Sharpe prepare first for his mission? How does that turn out?

10. What do the British decide to do to implement their plan from question # 3?

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