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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 Hakeswill confiscate of Harper's?
(a) His horse.
(b) His bayonet.
(c) His rifle.
(d) His seven-barrel gun.

2. What fills the ditch?
(a) Muskrat balls.
(b) Mines.
(c) Dead bodies.
(d) Water.

3. Where is Sharpe assigned following the mission at the dam?
(a) The baggage train.
(b) Hogan's command.
(c) Hakeswill's squad.
(d) He stays with Windham.

4. How is Sharpe detailed during the attack on the bastions?
(a) Artillery officer.
(b) Windham's aide-de-camp.
(c) Assult captain.
(d) Company commander.

5. What causes the first assault wave to falter in Chapter 24?
(a) Heavy rain coming down.
(b) The French cavalry.
(c) The breach being filled by the French.
(d) The huge number of casualties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the British tasks more difficult?

2. Why does Wellington believe he must take Badajoz immediately?

3. What do the British forces begin to do when they arrive at Badajoz?

4. Why are the men of Sharpe's old company not doing their job?

5. What do the men in the ditch shout as they join Sharpe in the assault?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed in Sharpe's humiliation of Hakeswill?

2. What does Rymer say about his blotched mission, what does he decide to do and what does Sharpe do in response?

3. What is Robert Knowles doing at the beginning of the attack and who does he think about when planning his actions?

4. Where is the British forces camped in relation to Badajoz and what do Sharpe and Harper think will be the only way to assault the city?

5. At first, what does Sharpe do while the British are dealing with the Rivillas Stream?

6. Why does Windham realize he made a mistake and what does he do to mitigate it?

7. What do the British forces begin to do when they arrive at Badajoz and what makes their tasks more difficult?

8. Where does Teresa's family live in Badajoz?

9. What does Windham do to Harper and what do Harper and Sharpe talk about before the event?

10. How are the French able to kill so many of the British, what does that cause and how does Sharpe feel as he watches?

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