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

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) Jerking his arms for no apparent reason.
(d) Staring into his shako and speaking to it.

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

4. What type of action is Knowles leading?
(a) A cavalry action.
(b) A flanking action.
(c) An assault on a breach.
(d) A diversionary one.

5. What are emplaced against two of the bastions?
(a) Buttress cannons.
(b) Siege cannons.
(c) Catapults.
(d) Scaling ladders.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Harper find for Sharpe?

3. What is Sharpe's assignment at the beginning of the assault on Badajoz?

4. What do the British do with the captured bastion?

5. What does Windham do to Harper?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. Describe the fortifications of Badajoz.

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

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