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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 does Sharpe find when he returns to the baggage area?
(a) The mules' paniers are strewed about the ground.
(b) Harper is drunk.
(c) Someone has broken into some of the packs.
(d) Two packs are missing.

2. For what does Sharpe ask permission?
(a) To return to his company.
(b) To command the reserve company.
(c) To promote Harper.
(d) To lead the forlorn hope.

3. Where are six external fortresses placed in Badajoz?
(a) Near the eastern edge.
(b) Around the center of the city.
(c) Around the city at strategic points.
(d) Near the western gates.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What fills the ditch?

3. How does the British mount an attack on the dam?

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

5. What has Sharpe been doing under Hogan's command?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What is foreshadowed in Sharpe's humiliation of Hakeswill?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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