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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. What is Sharpe ordered to do?
(a) Take out a French man-of-war.
(b) Capture a fortress that is said to be ill-guarded.
(c) Assassinate the French general.
(d) Slip behind the French line and poison their water source.

2. What does Sharpe do with the American prisoners?
(a) Releases them.
(b) Puts them on their ship then burns the ship.
(c) Sends them to England.
(d) Shoots them.

3. Why can't the Marines do the mission Sharpe is assigned?
(a) There are no Marines in the area.
(b) The Marines are going elsewhere.
(c) The Marines are sick with fever.
(d) The Marines are back on the peninsula.

4. Who does the soldier at the gate think Harper is?
(a) A French spy.
(b) A French scout.
(c) An American casualty.
(d) An American civilian.

5. Why isn't Richard Sharpe's rank confirmed?
(a) He doesn't want promoted.
(b) He was drunk on duty.
(c) It hasn't reached the proper channels.
(d) It is in dispute.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in charge of the Teste de Buch?

2. What is the name of Sharpe's new wife?

3. Why are the French not able to burn their ships?

4. Who does Sharpe visit before leaving on his mission?

5. What do the British decide they need to divert the French from the bridge site?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Killick think the British will do, how much experience does he have with fighting on land and what worries him the most?

4. What do the various officers Sharpe meets with think about what the British should do?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Killick and Sharpe realize when they speak?

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