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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Teresa and Sharpe talk about on the way to Badajoz?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her family.
(c) Marriage.
(d) The French and Napoleon.

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

3. What is Lawford's status in British society?
(a) He is an ex-criminal.
(b) He is wealthy and aristocratic.
(c) He is a commoner.
(d) He came from a farming family.

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

5. How long has Leroy known Sharpe?
(a) Several years.
(b) About ten years.
(c) They met as recruits in the army.
(d) Never met him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sharpe and Harper do when they come into the stables?

2. What does Teresa ask Sharpe about herself?

3. Whose side of the war is Teresa helping?

4. What does Sharpe realize about Rymer in Chapter 8?

5. With whom has Sharpe begun a new romance in England?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Teresa confess to Sharpe?

2. What do Hogan and Sharpe discuss when they get together and what is Hogan's opinion of taking Badajoz?

3. Why are Sharpe and Harper relieved about their company's role in the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo? What will their role be?

4. What guerrilla rider approaches Sharpe and what does she tell him? What does she look like?

5. Why might Badajoz be difficult to capture? Has anyone ever tried to capture it?

6. What happens to Sharpe's and Teresa's relationship when the army leaves for Badajoz? Where will Teresa be staying in Badajoz? Upon what is she counting on from Sharpe?

7. What is Sharpe's rank in Chapter 1 and what is the ambiguity surrounding his rank?

8. Describe Hakeswill's first encounter with Teresa in the stables.

9. Who is Captain Leroy and what kind of relationship does Sharpe have with him?

10. What does Sharpe do right after the conclusion of the battle at Ciudad Rodrigo?

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