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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 do after dinner?
(a) Talk and have sex.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Leave for their respective sleeping areas.
(d) Go and look for Hogan.

2. What does Matthews present to Sharpe?
(a) His credentials.
(b) His troops.
(c) The new company commander.
(d) His second in command.

3. What non-soldiers does the Army allow to travel with the baggage train?
(a) Anyone who wants to travel with them.
(b) Nobles who like to watch battles.
(c) Blacksmiths.
(d) Wives, children, and whores.

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

5. As the British are marching to Badajoz what slows their progress?
(a) No road.
(b) French attacks.
(c) A heavy forest.
(d) Heavy rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much effort is needed for the forlorn hope to reach the base of the breach?

2. During the American Revolutionary War with whom did Leroy's father fight?

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

4. Where are the French guns located by the breach?

5. What is Teresa's daughter's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What siege does Sharpe participate in at the beginning of Chapter 1 and how does he pass his time when not fighting?

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

5. What does Leroy tell Sharpe, who does he point out to Sharpe and what does Sharpe realize when that happens?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. What does Sharpe discuss with Lawford and what does Lawford tell him?

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