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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 difficulty does Teresa's child have?
(a) She is seriously ill.
(b) She is developmentally slow.
(c) She can't walk.
(d) She stutters.

2. What type of position does Sharpe's company assume?
(a) Reserve on the hill.
(b) On the scaling ladders.
(c) Forward behind the forlorn hope.
(d) Screening.

3. What does Teresa look like?
(a) Tall with red hair.
(b) Small and blond.
(c) Dark haired and beautiful.
(d) Ordinary with a nice smile.

4. What do Hogan and Sharpe first discuss when they meet in Chapter 1?
(a) Hogan's marriage.
(b) The new company commander.
(c) Sharpe's romance.
(d) The impending assault of Ciudad Rodrigo.

5. What does Sharpe see as he wanders Ciudad Rodrigo that the British soldiers are doing?
(a) Mass rape and pillage.
(b) Killing children.
(c) Burning houses.
(d) Handing out food to the residents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wellington believe about Badajoz?

2. Why is Sharpe's back heavily scarred?

3. How long has Leroy known Sharpe?

4. What does Teresa do to Hakeswill?

5. Against what does Sharpe lead his men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sharpe and Hogan discuss when they see each other in Chapter 1?

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

3. Who reports to Sharpe when reinforcements arrive for the battalion, what mistake does he make and what does he do after he is corrected?

4. What is Lawford and Sharpe's relationship and how do they interact?

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

6. What do Harper and Sharpe run into as they begin to enter the city and what do they do about it?

7. How does the assault on Ciudad Rodrigo seem to the British at first?

8. What kind of obstacle does the River Guadiana pose for the British and how do they surmount it?

9. What does Teresa confess to Sharpe?

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

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