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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 Calvet worry about at the fortress?
(a) His breakfast.
(b) His wife.
(c) Getting a promotion.
(d) The military situation.

2. With what does Calvet hit the fortress after the bombardment?
(a) Canisters.
(b) Cannon.
(c) Sappers.
(d) Calvery.

3. What does Palmer say about the mission on which Bampfylde sent him?
(a) It's a fool's errand.
(b) It is finished.
(c) It went well.
(d) He'll do it next week.

4. What kind of motivation does the French commanding officers have?
(a) To win glory for the men.
(b) One has little motivation for the battle.
(c) Everyone has a different motivation.
(d) To take back Teste de Buch.

5. What does Sharpe surmise from the condition of the fortress?
(a) He would have to find Killick for a ride out.
(b) Bampfylde was an idiot.
(c) He would have to hide in the woods.
(d) They have been abandoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Colonel Favier parlay with Sharpe about?

2. Why does Lucille follow Sharpe's force?

3. What does Sharpe order be done with the British flag over the fortress?

4. What does Calvet ask Killick to do?

5. What type of passage does the bridge afford?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Killick do with the British prisoners?

2. What occurs during the exchange between Calvet and Killick?

3. Describe the bridge that the British built.

4. What kind of fighting method does Sharpe have his men do?

5. What do Sharpe and Frederickson think about their situation and what troubles Sharpe?

6. Describe Pierre Ducos and describe his unusual status.

7. What type of crime was committed in the town and what happens to the perpetrator?

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

9. Who joins Sharpe and why?

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

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