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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. Who captures one of the bastions?
(a) The Spanish.
(b) No one.
(c) A British assault force.
(d) Sharpe's company.

2. What does Hakeswill begin to do that makes him appear insane?
(a) Talking to the animals.
(b) Crawling on his belly for no reason.
(c) Staring into his shako and speaking to it.
(d) Jerking his arms for no apparent reason.

3. Why does Wellington launch two suicidal attacks?
(a) To kill off some undesirables.
(b) To take the citadel.
(c) To pin down the French defenders.
(d) To make the French know he is serious.

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

5. What is the force going to the dam supposed to do?
(a) Kill the company guarding the dam.
(b) Dig through the dike.
(c) Set explosive charges.
(d) Unleash the gates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are emplaced against two of the bastions?

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

3. What attacks the protecting fortress while another force attacks the dam in Chapter 18?

4. What does Knowles intend to do with his orders?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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