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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Windham dispatch Sharpe to the dam?
(a) To take dry powder to the dam.
(b) To help ward off some of the defenders.
(c) To find out what's going on with the demolition team.
(d) To be near when the dam blows.

2. Where do Sharpe and his men assemble prior to their assault?
(a) On the hill.
(b) In front of the breach.
(c) In the ditch.
(d) By the wall to the left of the breach.

3. Why are Sharpe and Harper concerned about Teresa?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) That she won't be safe during the battle.
(c) That Hakeswill wants to kill her.
(d) That she is held a prisoner.

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

5. What does Windham realize as he watches the maneuvers at the dam?
(a) The demolition team has botched its job.
(b) The dam will blow any minute.
(c) It is too wet for the charges to go off.
(d) There are more defenders than thought.

6. What does Sharpe do when he reaches the dam?
(a) Takes charge of the company.
(b) Yells at Rymer.
(c) Slaps Rymer to snap him out of his problems.
(d) Tells his men to retreat.

7. 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.

8. What does Hakeswill spend his time thinking about during the assault preparations?
(a) Raping Teresa.
(b) Killing Wellington.
(c) Killing Hogan.
(d) Raping Windham's wife.

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

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

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

12. What do the men in the ditch shout as they join Sharpe in the assault?
(a) The queen's name.
(b) Napoleon's name.
(c) His name.
(d) Badajoz.

13. What is Sharpe's assignment at the beginning of the assault on Badajoz?
(a) Throwing hay into the ditch.
(b) Running errands for Windham.
(c) Scaling the northern tower.
(d) Guiding forward units into their assault position.

14. What does Knowles intend to do with his orders?
(a) Pretend to be fighting.
(b) Pretend to want to scale the citadel.
(c) Retreat.
(d) Actually carry out the assault.

15. Where is Badajoz located?
(a) The southern roadway from Portugal to Spain.
(b) Near the center of Portugal.
(c) On the Turkey peninsula.
(d) The northern part of France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action by Rymer does Sharpe stop after the dam mission?

2. What protects the northern side of Badajoz?

3. What does Sharpe do when he gets to his old company?

4. Where does Sharpe lead his men?

5. What does Rymer do when the French attack in Chapter 13?

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