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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. Where is the ambush site that Sharpe selects located?
(a) Between Teste de Buch and the Leyre River.
(b) Near the road going to Bordeaux.
(c) Inside Bordeaux.
(d) On the roadway leading out of Bordeaux.

2. With what specific does Calvet begin to bombard the fortress?
(a) Artillery.
(b) Catapults.
(c) Cannons.
(d) Howitzers.

3. For what would Sharpe use quicklime?
(a) To cleanse the water supply.
(b) To make gunpowder.
(c) As a primitive chemical warfare to blind the enemy.
(d) For treating wounds.

4. What does a Marine named Robinson do?
(a) Sexually assaults a local girl.
(b) Desert his post.
(c) Kill the town mayor.
(d) Get in a fight with Sharpe.

5. What is the first town which Sharpe's men encounter?
(a) Facture.
(b) Killinbrock.
(c) Therebey.
(d) Poitier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Killick tell Sharpe about his tale concerning sailors and hanging?

2. What does Calvet ask Killick to do?

3. Why is Ducos in charge of the attack on Teste de Buch?

4. What type of man is the man who meets Duco?

5. What type of supplies did Sharpe's men carry when marching overland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do both Calvet and Sharpe realize about the assaults on the fortress and how it will end.

2. What does colonel Favier ask Sharpe and what is his reply?

3. What is the local commander, Calvet like?

4. What does Calvet do with his artillery?

5. Describe Pierre Ducos and describe his unusual status.

6. What does Sharpe and his men ambush?

7. What does Bampfylde do before leaving Teste de Buch?

8. What happens when Sharpe sees de Maquerre?

9. What does Killick do with the British prisoners?

10. What type of tactic has Sharpe used to get his men out of the fort? Describe how it worked.

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