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

2. What do Sharpe and Harper do when they come into the stables?
(a) Pulls Teresa out.
(b) Kill Hakeswill.
(c) Jump Hakeswill.
(d) Nothing, the stables are empty.

3. When did Hakeswill join the army?
(a) When he was drafted.
(b) When a judge ordered him to join.
(c) When he was young.
(d) When he was middle aged.

4. Who is with Teresa in the tavern?
(a) Her parents.
(b) A friend, Sharpe's rival.
(c) Her guerrilla fighters.
(d) Her brother.

5. Whose side of the war is Teresa helping?
(a) Spain.
(b) Russia.
(c) Prussia.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Hakeswill's skin and eyes yellow?

2. What do Hogan and Sharpe discuss as they ride to Badajoz?

3. What does Teresa plan to do next?

4. How many French soldiers does Teresa claim she has killed since last seeing Sharpe?

5. Who is Ensign Matthews?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Teresa confess to Sharpe?

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

4. Why is Sharpe worried following the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. Describe Hakeswill's character and why he is in the army.

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