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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the British tasks more difficult?
(a) The French running sorties.
(b) Constant rain and thick mud.
(c) Rocky ground.
(d) The thick trees.

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

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

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

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

6. Where is Sharpe assigned following the mission at the dam?
(a) The baggage train.
(b) He stays with Windham.
(c) Hakeswill's squad.
(d) Hogan's command.

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

8. What are emplaced against two of the bastions?
(a) Buttress cannons.
(b) Siege cannons.
(c) Scaling ladders.
(d) Catapults.

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

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

11. What has Sharpe been doing under Hogan's command?
(a) As an aide-de-camp.
(b) Working as a scout.
(c) Commanding a company.
(d) As a tactics adviser.

12. What does Windham realize about punishing Harper?
(a) It got the men ready for battle.
(b) It was a mistake.
(c) It was the right thing to do.
(d) It should have been done in private.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Windham give Harper?

2. What happens when the charges blow at the dam?

3. What happens when Sharpe goes forward to watch the digging in Chapter 12?

4. What does Harper find for Sharpe?

5. What do the British decide they must do with the flooded plain?

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