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

2. What has been stolen of Windham's?
(a) His spare uniform.
(b) His sword.
(c) The portrait of his wife.
(d) His spare boots.

3. What do Teresa and Sharpe do after dinner?
(a) Leave for their respective sleeping areas.
(b) Talk and have sex.
(c) Go to sleep.
(d) Go and look for Hogan.

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

5. How are the walls of Badajoz reinforced?
(a) With ravelins and a glacis.
(b) With a wooden stockade.
(c) With steel girders.
(d) With concrete pilings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the French guns located by the breach?

2. When did Hakeswill join the army?

3. As the British are marching to Badajoz what slows their progress?

4. What is Sharpe's new assignment when he loses his command?

5. To what rank has Sharpe been gazetted?

(see the answer key)

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