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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 both Calvet and Sharpe realize about the battle?
(a) British reinforcements will be coming soon.
(b) The French will lose.
(c) The British are in a better position.
(d) It is only a matter of time.

2. Where does Killick set Sharpe's men ashore?
(a) Near Facture.
(b) Near Bordeaux.
(c) Across the river.
(d) Several miles down on the British side.

3. How do Killick and Sharpe feel about each other?
(a) They respect each other but see the other as an enemy.
(b) They hate each other.
(c) They develop a genuine if rudimentary friendship.
(d) They tolerate each other.

4. What does Sharpe order be done with the British flag over the fortress?
(a) That it is taken down.
(b) That it is set at half mast.
(c) That it is replaced with the French flag.
(d) That it is burned.

5. What do the Facture town authorities try to do?
(a) Surrender to Sharpe.
(b) Capture Sharpe.
(c) Leave the town.
(d) Blow up the toll-bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frederickson do after Sharpe's companies routed the French?

2. What do the French do besides bombard and shell the fortress?

3. Why does Lucille follow Sharpe's force?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens when the French first arrive at the fort and how does Calvet respond to it?

6. What does Calvet do with his artillery?

7. What happens in the second French assault on the fortress?

8. What does Sharpe and his men ambush?

9. What does Killick do in obedience to the French? What is Sharpe's response?

10. Describe Pierre Ducos and describe his unusual status.

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