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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 decide to do after he receives news from de Maquerre?
(a) Make camp where he is.
(b) Return to Teste de Buch.
(c) Go immediately to Bordeaux.
(d) Return to the British encampment.

2. How do Sharpe and his men get across the Leyre River?
(a) Boats.
(b) Toll-bridge.
(c) Wade.
(d) They build rafts.

3. What happens during the second assault in question #148?
(a) There is a standoff.
(b) Four Frenchmen die for every one Britain.
(c) The French are completely repulsed.
(d) Several French soldiers get into the fortress.

4. With whom does Ducos meet?
(a) General Faluken.
(b) Colonel Hauter.
(c) General Calvet.
(d) Major Doomar.

5. What do Sharpe's men do when they reach the main British encampment?
(a) Pitch their tents.
(b) Go look for Bampfylde.
(c) Seek medical aid.
(d) Get drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the attack Ducos presses technically illegal?

2. What continues to mount within the fortress?

3. What does Sharpe do to all the supply wagons?

4. What kind of thoughts of Jane trouble Sharpe?

5. Why type of attack did the French use after the one in question #145?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Calvet do with his artillery?

2. Describe the bridge that the British built.

3. What happens with Ducos' plan and how does Sharpe feel about de Maquerre's information?

4. What do Sharpe and his men do to prepare for the French forces marching on them at the fortress? What information does Killick give them?

5. What does Killick do with the British prisoners?

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

7. What finally sets up a French assault for the next day?

8. What is going on that favors the British and why does it favor them?

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

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

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