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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 one of the most deadly setups the French have?
(a) The long range artillery.
(b) The mines in the ditch.
(c) The French defensive interlocking fire.
(d) The arrow loops in the wall.

2. What has been stolen of Windham's?
(a) His spare uniform.
(b) His sword.
(c) His spare boots.
(d) The portrait of his wife.

3. What does Sharpe say when Hogan tells him of the plan for assaulting the dam?
(a) He doesn't have an opinion.
(b) It is too simple.
(c) The plan is too complicated.
(d) It will work great.

4. Why does Windham dispatch Sharpe to the dam?
(a) To help ward off some of the defenders.
(b) To be near when the dam blows.
(c) To take dry powder to the dam.
(d) To find out what's going on with the demolition team.

5. How do the two diversionary attacks end up?
(a) Successful.
(b) They are all killed.
(c) As failures.
(d) They are half successful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe conclude after seeing the ball from his leg?

2. Why does Wellington call a council of war?

3. What do the French do when the British attack?

4. What does Sharpe do when he reaches the dam?

5. What do the British decide they must do with the flooded plain?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What do the British troops do after the weather clears in Chapter 17 and what do they decide about the plain?

4. How is Badajoz finally taken?

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

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

7. What is Hakeswill doing while the British prepare for the assault of Badajoz and what do the men think about him?

8. What happens to Sharpe as he retreats from the dam?

9. What has the French built across the Rivillas Stream and what do the British do about it?

10. What does Rymer do when the French mount a sortie while Sharpe is watching the digging? What are the French trying to do and what is the British response? What does Sharpe do?

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