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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 happens when Sharpe goes forward to watch the digging in Chapter 12?
(a) A wall collapses.
(b) He finds Harper.
(c) Two men jump him.
(d) A French sortie comes out.

2. What does Sharpe say when Hogan tells him of the plan for assaulting the dam?
(a) He doesn't have an opinion.
(b) The plan is too complicated.
(c) It will work great.
(d) It is too simple.

3. What does Sharpe do after setting the charges?
(a) He retreats.
(b) He returns to Windham.
(c) He pushes on to the fortress.
(d) He hides in the boulders near the dam.

4. What action by Rymer does Sharpe stop after the dam mission?
(a) Blaming Sharpe for the failure of the mission.
(b) Demoting Harper.
(c) Folding the green coats into the company.
(d) Killing Hakeswill.

5. Why are Sharpe and Harper concerned about Teresa?
(a) That she is held a prisoner.
(b) That Hakeswill wants to kill her.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That she won't be safe during the battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hakeswill confiscate of Harper's?

2. What does Hakeswill spend his time thinking about during the assault preparations?

3. What makes the British tasks more difficult?

4. Who does Sharpe suspect of stealing?

5. What is Sharpe's assignment at the beginning of the assault on Badajoz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harper do after Sharpe retreats from the dam? What do they find out?

2. What do the British troops do after the weather clears in Chapter 17 and what do they decide about the plain?

3. What does Wellington call, why is Sharpe present and what does Sharpe request? How does Wellington respond to Sharpe's request?

4. What does Sharpe say when Hogan informs him of the plan for the dam and what is the plan?

5. At first, what does Sharpe do while the British are dealing with the Rivillas Stream?

6. What is Sharpe doing at the beginning of the assault on Badajoz?

7. Why does Windham realize he made a mistake and what does he do to mitigate it?

8. Where does Teresa's family live in Badajoz?

9. What does Sharpe find when he returns to the baggage train, why is Windham angry and what is the conclusion about the incident?

10. What does Rymer do when the French mount a sortie while Sharpe is watching the digging? What are the French trying to do and what is the British response? What does Sharpe do?

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