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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 Lawford appear when Sharpe comes upon him while going into the city?
(a) He has a minor injury.
(b) He is dead.
(c) Mangled.
(d) He has a cut on his head that is bleeding.

2. Who is Ensign Matthews?
(a) Sharpe's oldest son.
(b) A young officer who reports to Sharpe for duty.
(c) A sailor who stole Harper's belt.
(d) A soldier who died at Ciudad Rodrigo.

3. What does Teresa ask Sharpe about herself?
(a) If he would want someone like her for a wife.
(b) If she has become a murderer.
(c) If she is different in appearance.
(d) If she is still attractive to him.

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

5. Why might there be massive British casualties when assaulting Badajoz?
(a) There is no way to breach the walls.
(b) The only approach is channeled, dense and predictable.
(c) There is so much artillery.
(d) The French have excellent rifle companies on the walls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the Rivillas Stream dammed?

2. What does Wellington believe about Badajoz?

3. What is Sharpe looking for as he wanders Ciudad Rodrigo?

4. Where did Leroy move during the American Revolutionary War?

5. What difficulty does Teresa's child have?

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