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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 does Sharpe worry about from his wound?
(a) That it will get infected.
(b) It being worse then it seems and he'll drop dead.
(c) He's not worried about a little flesh wound.
(d) That it will leave a scar.

2. What does Sharpe do when he arrives near the fortress ahead of schedule?
(a) Knocks down the gate.
(b) Hides in the woods.
(c) Watches the unequal duel.
(d) Attacks the fortress.

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

4. What did Sharpe as the Americans to swear?
(a) Not to fight in any European war.
(b) Not to aid the French.
(c) Not to engage in hostilities against Britain.
(d) To return to America.

5. What closes with Teste de Buch at a given preset hour?
(a) Bampfylde's Marines
(b) A British frigate.
(c) A French man-of-war.
(d) Sharpe's companies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the man that de Marquerre meet conclude about the taking of the fortress?

3. Of what unit does Sharpe assume command?

4. What did Killick do in Chapter One?

5. With whom does de Maquerre meet up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Bampfylde write the morning after he arrives at the fortress and what does he say?

4. What does Lassan do to help him make a decision about his defense?

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

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

7. What is Harper's story concerning how he is with Sharpe's men?

8. How does Sharpe counter Bampfylde's assertion of command and what does Bampfylde decide to do?

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

10. What does Bampfylde do with the American prisoners and why?

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