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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 Harper do to Robinson?
(a) Beats him.
(b) Shoots him.
(c) Hangs him.
(d) Takes him prisoner.

2. Who joins the assaulting troops?
(a) Lassan.
(b) Calvet.
(c) Killick.
(d) Ducaoth.

3. What does Killick tell Sharpe about his tale concerning sailors and hanging?
(a) It was fabricated.
(b) It is true.
(c) He had heard it from an admiral.
(d) He didn't know if it was true.

4. What is bothering Sharpe as he marches?
(a) His wound.
(b) His orders.
(c) The wear on his men.
(d) The weather.

5. What does Frederickson do after Sharpe's companies routed the French?
(a) Leads an expeditionary force after them.
(b) Sets up camp.
(c) Takes down the toll-bridge.
(d) Nothing, he's been injured.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sharpe decide to do after he receives news from de Maquerre?

3. After a section of a wall falls what does Sharpe do?

4. What happens during the second assault in question #148?

5. In what type of formation do the French assault the Teste de Buch the first time after bombardment and shelling?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the French do on their first assault on the fortress?

3. What happens when Sharpe sees de Maquerre?

4. Describe Pierre Ducos and describe his unusual status.

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

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

7. What does Sharpe and his men ambush?

8. What does Killick do with the British prisoners?

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

10. 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?

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