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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the men of Sharpe's old company not doing their job?
(a) They are finished with their part of the operation.
(b) Rymer is too indecisive.
(c) They have killed all the defenders.
(d) Rymer forgot the plan.

2. What does Sharpe find when he returns to the baggage area?
(a) Someone has broken into some of the packs.
(b) Two packs are missing.
(c) Harper is drunk.
(d) The mules' paniers are strewed about the ground.

3. What do the British decide they must do with the flooded plain?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Drain it.
(c) Avoid it.
(d) Float across it on rafts.

4. What does Wellington decide as the assault falters in Chapter 24?
(a) To pull out.
(b) To retreat and start again the next day.
(c) To commit his final reserves.
(d) To lead the assault himself.

5. What is one of the most deadly setups the French have?
(a) The arrow loops in the wall.
(b) The long range artillery.
(c) The French defensive interlocking fire.
(d) The mines in the ditch.

6. Why was the Rivillas Stream dammed?
(a) To water the crops on the west side.
(b) To flood an expanse east of the city.
(c) To make rice paddies.
(d) To provide drinking water for the city.

7. Who captures one of the bastions?
(a) Sharpe's company.
(b) No one.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) A British assault force.

8. What does Sharpe do when he gets to his old company?
(a) Finds Hakeswill.
(b) Slaps Rymer to get him moving.
(c) Rallies the men.
(d) Finds Harper.

9. What guards the dam across the Rivillas Stream?
(a) A line of artillery.
(b) French cavalry.
(c) A large fortress.
(d) A mined moat.

10. What is the force going to the dam supposed to do?
(a) Kill the company guarding the dam.
(b) Set explosive charges.
(c) Unleash the gates.
(d) Dig through the dike.

11. How does Knowles base his conduct during the assault?
(a) On what is the most honorable thing to do.
(b) He's a by the book officer.
(c) On what he believes Sharpe would do.
(d) He is creative and sends his men to strange places.

12. Who is selected for the assault on the dam?
(a) Hakeswill's platoon.
(b) The fifth cavalry.
(c) Somerset's marines.
(d) Sharpe's old company.

13. What do the walls of Badajoz have on them?
(a) Jagged rocks.
(b) Artillery.
(c) Iron pikes.
(d) Barbed wire.

14. What does Hakeswill confiscate of Harper's?
(a) His seven-barrel gun.
(b) His bayonet.
(c) His rifle.
(d) His horse.

15. What causes the first assault wave to falter in Chapter 24?
(a) Heavy rain coming down.
(b) The French cavalry.
(c) The breach being filled by the French.
(d) The huge number of casualties.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the British mount an attack on the dam?

2. What does Windham realize as he watches the maneuvers at the dam?

3. Where is Sharpe assigned following the mission at the dam?

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

5. What is Sharpe's assignment at the beginning of the assault on Badajoz?

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