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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the encounter with the man in question # 65 affect Sharpe?
(a) Makes him happy.
(b) Puts him off balance.
(c) Makes him depressed.
(d) It doesn't affect him.

2. What do the French do when the British attack?
(a) Turn on them.
(b) Pushes them into a mined area.
(c) Retreat.
(d) Breaks up the ditches the British have dug.

3. What does Hakeswill confiscate of Harper's?
(a) His horse.
(b) His seven-barrel gun.
(c) His rifle.
(d) His bayonet.

4. How is Sharpe detailed during the attack on the bastions?
(a) Company commander.
(b) Artillery officer.
(c) Assult captain.
(d) Windham's aide-de-camp.

5. In Chapter 8, what begins to arrive for the battalion?
(a) Reinforcements.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Messages.
(d) Supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe do when he reaches the dam?

2. What is in the very center of Badajoz?

3. For what does Matthews mistake Sharpe?

4. Why will the British be throwing bags of hay into the ditch at Ciudad Rodrigo?

5. What does Wellington believe about Badajoz?

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