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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the French guns located by the breach?
(a) Near the ends of the breach.
(b) They are turned in the opposite direction.
(c) Right in the middle of it.
(d) To the left side.

2. What does Windham do to Harper?
(a) Throws him to the French.
(b) Has him beaten and court martialed.
(c) Puts him in chains.
(d) Sentences him to a flogging.

3. With what are the men Sharpe leads into the battle with the French armed?
(a) Rifles.
(b) Pick-axes.
(c) Swords.
(d) Shovels.

4. What do Hogan and Sharpe discuss as they ride to Badajoz?
(a) Religion.
(b) The French military.
(c) Women.
(d) Strategy and tactics.

5. What do Colonel Lawford and Sharpe discuss in Chapter 2?
(a) Superstitions that soldiers hold.
(b) The plans for the assault.
(c) Their marriages.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Sharpe and Harper concerned about Teresa?

2. Why are Sharpe and Harper happy about what their company will be doing in the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo?

3. What is Hakeswill's most obvious character defect?

4. What do the walls of Badajoz have on them?

5. What does Hogan think about the comparison between Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz?

(see the answer key)

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