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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. How does Killick respond to Calvet's request?
(a) He says that he will think about it.
(b) He declines.
(c) He takes his men to launch his ship.
(d) He says he would do it.

2. What does Sharpe do after they cross the Leyre River?
(a) Begin to march along the river.
(b) Find a suitable ambush site.
(c) Have dinner.
(d) Turn north and continue the march.

3. With what does Ducos threaten Killick?
(a) Incarceration.
(b) Being shot as a spy.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Hanging.

4. What kind of thoughts of Jane trouble Sharpe?
(a) That she'll miss him.
(b) That she'd dead or dying.
(c) That she's with child.
(d) That she'll find another man.

5. What continues to mount within the fortress?
(a) Enthusiasm and hope.
(b) A desire for revenge against Bampfylde.
(c) Pessimism.
(d) British dead and wounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Calvet ask Killick to do?

2. Why has Killick agreed to a staged surrender?

3. On what does Calvet concentrate his fire?

4. What does de Maquerre do when he sees Sharpe?

5. With whom does Ducos meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Killick do with the British prisoners?

2. What is the local commander, Calvet like?

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

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

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

6. What does Calvet do with his artillery?

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

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

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

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

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