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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. Why is Sharpe summoned to his old company?
(a) Rymer has been killed.
(b) Harper has been injured.
(c) Hakeswill has disappeared.
(d) Rymer has frozen up.

2. How long has it been since Sharpe has seen Teresa?
(a) Almost two years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two months.
(d) About a year.

3. What do Colonel Lawford and Sharpe discuss in Chapter 2?
(a) The plans for the assault.
(b) Superstitions that soldiers hold.
(c) Religion.
(d) Their marriages.

4. For what does Sharpe ask permission?
(a) To command the reserve company.
(b) To promote Harper.
(c) To lead the forlorn hope.
(d) To return to his company.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will the British be throwing bags of hay into the ditch at Ciudad Rodrigo?

2. What is Lawford's status in British society?

3. What does Hakeswill begin to do that makes him appear insane?

4. What is Hakeswill's most obvious character defect?

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

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