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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 is presumed about the British and taking Badajoz?
(a) They will take it but lose three quarters of their men.
(b) They will lose.
(c) They will win.
(d) They will take six months to break Badajoz.

2. What would the capture of Badajoz do for the British?
(a) Give them access to Paris.
(b) Double the British supplies.
(c) Put them on a navigable river.
(d) Open up the Spanish frontier.

3. Where did Leroy move during the American Revolutionary War?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Canada.
(d) Australia.

4. What does Teresa ask Sharpe about herself?
(a) If he would want someone like her for a wife.
(b) If she is different in appearance.
(c) If she is still attractive to him.
(d) If she has become a murderer.

5. What does Hogan think about the comparison between Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz?
(a) He doesn't compare the two.
(b) Badajoz will be about the same.
(c) Badajoz will be much worse.
(d) Badajoz will be easier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sharpe's new assignment when he loses his command?

2. Who is Ensign Matthews?

3. Why is Sharpe worried about his status with his company?

4. What worries Sharpe about Lawford?

5. What was Hakeswill's punishment for the crime in question # 76?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Who does Sharpe see in the new replacements that throws him off and what happens when he sees that person? How does he feel about the encounter?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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