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

2. Why might there be massive British casualties when assaulting Badajoz?
(a) The French have excellent rifle companies on the walls.
(b) The only approach is channeled, dense and predictable.
(c) There is no way to breach the walls.
(d) There is so much artillery.

3. Why are Sharpe and Harper concerned about Teresa?
(a) That Hakeswill wants to kill her.
(b) That she won't be safe during the battle.
(c) That she is held a prisoner.
(d) That she is pregnant.

4. Where do Sharpe and his men assemble prior to their assault?
(a) By the wall to the left of the breach.
(b) In front of the breach.
(c) On the hill.
(d) In the ditch.

5. What does Windham realize about punishing Harper?
(a) It should have been done in private.
(b) It was the right thing to do.
(c) It got the men ready for battle.
(d) It was a mistake.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hakeswill begin to do that makes him appear insane?

3. What makes the British tasks more difficult?

4. What does Sharpe find when he returns to the baggage area?

5. Why does Wellington call a council of war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe find when he returns to the baggage train, why is Windham angry and what is the conclusion about the incident?

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

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

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

5. What does Harper do after Sharpe retreats from the dam? What do they find out?

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

7. What is Sharpe doing at the beginning of the assault on Badajoz?

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

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

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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