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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Sharpe and Harper do when they come into the stables?
(a) Kill Hakeswill.
(b) Jump Hakeswill.
(c) Pulls Teresa out.
(d) Nothing, the stables are empty.

2. How do Sharpe and Lawford feel about their individual strengths?
(a) Lawford is smarter than Sharpe.
(b) Shapre is stronger than Lawford.
(c) They have similar strengths.
(d) They complement each other.

3. What does Teresa do to Hakeswill?
(a) Ignores him.
(b) Tells him to shut up.
(c) Kicks him in the groin.
(d) Slashes his wrist and face with a knife.

4. What would the capture of Badajoz do for the British?
(a) Put them on a navigable river.
(b) Give them access to Paris.
(c) Open up the Spanish frontier.
(d) Double the British supplies.

5. Where is Teresa's daughter staying?
(a) At Teresa's mother's house.
(b) At her sister's house.
(c) At a convent.
(d) At her uncle's house.

6. Against whom does Sharpe swear vengeance?
(a) Captain Wainscot.
(b) Major Billings.
(c) Sergeant Hakeswill.
(d) Teresa's brother.

7. How many French soldiers does Teresa claim she has killed since last seeing Sharpe?
(a) One a month.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) One a week.

8. What is Hakeswill's most obvious character defect?
(a) He is arrogant.
(b) He can't take responsibility for his behavior.
(c) He is a coward.
(d) He is amoral.

9. What nationality is Harper?
(a) Irish.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Spanish.
(d) British.

10. With whom has Sharpe begun a new romance in England?
(a) Teresa Constantina.
(b) Sarah Worthington.
(c) Jane Gibbons.
(d) Victoria Standhope.

11. When did Hakeswill join the army?
(a) When he was drafted.
(b) When a judge ordered him to join.
(c) When he was young.
(d) When he was middle aged.

12. What does Matthews present to Sharpe?
(a) His troops.
(b) His second in command.
(c) His credentials.
(d) The new company commander.

13. What is Sharpe looking for as he wanders Ciudad Rodrigo?
(a) A woman.
(b) A drink.
(c) A new horse.
(d) Harper.

14. For what does Matthews mistake Sharpe?
(a) His former aide.
(b) The commander of the battalion.
(c) A common soldier.
(d) The company commander.

15. What non-soldiers does the Army allow to travel with the baggage train?
(a) Anyone who wants to travel with them.
(b) Wives, children, and whores.
(c) Blacksmiths.
(d) Nobles who like to watch battles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa ask Sharpe about herself?

2. What is Badajoz' size in relationship to Ciudad Rodrigo?

3. How does Sharpe pass his time in Spain in Chapter 1?

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

5. What do Teresa and Sharpe do after dinner?

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