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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, 6, and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How much effort is needed for the forlorn hope to reach the base of the breach?
(a) It was difficult but there were no casualties.
(b) Half of them are killed.
(c) The French hit them with a sortie.
(d) Not much, it goes easily.

3. What is presumed about the British and taking Badajoz?
(a) They will take six months to break Badajoz.
(b) They will lose.
(c) They will win.
(d) They will take it but lose three quarters of their men.

4. What difficulty does Teresa's child have?
(a) She can't walk.
(b) She is seriously ill.
(c) She is developmentally slow.
(d) She stutters.

5. What do Hogan and Sharpe first discuss when they meet in Chapter 1?
(a) Sharpe's romance.
(b) Hogan's marriage.
(c) The impending assault of Ciudad Rodrigo.
(d) The new company commander.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Sharpe has seen Teresa?

2. What non-soldiers does the Army allow to travel with the baggage train?

3. What type of ammo are the French firing at the breach?

4. What do Teresa and Sharpe talk about on the way to Badajoz?

5. When does the assault on Ciudad Rodrigo begin?

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