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

2. Who lands as the Marines march away?
(a) Winger's calvery.
(b) No one.
(c) Sharpe's companies.
(d) The infantry under Duley.

3. How does the man that de Maquerre meets feel about Sharpe?
(a) Hates him with a passion.
(b) Respects him.
(c) Admires him.
(d) Was friends with him in the past.

4. What does Bampfylde think Killick is?
(a) A French soldier.
(b) A pirate.
(c) An officer in the American navy.
(d) A spy.

5. What does Lassan and his men do when the British enter the fort?
(a) Kill most of them.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Abandon it.
(d) Blow up the fort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bampfylde say he is going to do with the Americans?

2. Who is leading the British forces at the beginning of this novel?

3. What does Colonel Elphinstone say about Sharpe due to the mission he is assigned?

4. Who suggest the site to which Killick moves his ambush?

5. Of what vital fact is Lassan and Killick unaware?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Killick's ambush neutralized?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the recent event just preceding this book.

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