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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. To what rank has Sharpe been gazetted?
(a) Captain.
(b) Major.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Sergeant Major.

2. Why does Wellington launch two suicidal attacks?
(a) To pin down the French defenders.
(b) To make the French know he is serious.
(c) To take the citadel.
(d) To kill off some undesirables.

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

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

5. What do the British do with the captured bastion?
(a) Set up more scaling ladders.
(b) Set up more buttress cannons.
(c) Put in more catpults.
(d) Set up more siege cannons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe conclude after seeing the ball from his leg?

2. What difficulty does Teresa's child have?

3. What does Rymer do when the French attack in Chapter 13?

4. What does Wellington believe about Badajoz?

5. What does Teresa do to Hakeswill?

(see the answer key)

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