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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 the French do when the British attack?
(a) Retreat.
(b) Breaks up the ditches the British have dug.
(c) Turn on them.
(d) Pushes them into a mined area.

2. What does Sharpe do when he reaches the dam?
(a) Tells his men to retreat.
(b) Takes charge of the company.
(c) Slaps Rymer to snap him out of his problems.
(d) Yells at Rymer.

3. What do the British do with the captured bastion?
(a) Set up more siege cannons.
(b) Set up more buttress cannons.
(c) Put in more catpults.
(d) Set up more scaling ladders.

4. What attacks the protecting fortress while another force attacks the dam in Chapter 18?
(a) A large diversionary force.
(b) No one attacks the fortress.
(c) Fifteen heavy cavalry.
(d) A squad of sappers.

5. What does Sharpe do when he gets to his old company?
(a) Slaps Rymer to get him moving.
(b) Rallies the men.
(c) Finds Hakeswill.
(d) Finds Harper.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what type of gun does Harper think Sharpe was shot?

2. Where is Teresa's family's house located in Badajoz?

3. How is the entire first forlorn hope killed?

4. Who is selected for the assault on the dam?

5. What action by Rymer does Sharpe stop after the dam mission?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe say when Hogan informs him of the plan for the dam and what is the plan?

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

3. How is Badajoz finally taken?

4. 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?

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

6. Why do the British delay the assault one more day in Chapter 23?

7. 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?

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

9. What does Wellington call, why is Sharpe present and what does Sharpe request? How does Wellington respond to Sharpe's request?

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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