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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17, 18, 19, and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Sharpe pass his time in Spain in Chapter 1?
(a) Guarding the baggage train.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Thinking about his past.

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

4. What is in the very center of Badajoz?
(a) A statue of Napoleon.
(b) The governor's mansion.
(c) A huge cathedral.
(d) Six fortresses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are emplaced against two of the bastions?

2. What happens when the charges blow at the dam?

3. What does Lawford tell Sharpe about his assignment?

4. What would the capture of Badajoz do for the British?

5. What guards the dam across the Rivillas Stream?

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