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

2. What does Sharpe order the men to do when the French attack?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Has them make a stand in the ditch.
(c) Orders them back.
(d) Sends them into the middle of the French.

3. What does Sharpe conclude after seeing the ball from his leg?
(a) He was shot by the French.
(b) He was shot by an English rifle.
(c) He was shot by the Spanish.
(d) He was shot by Hakeswill.

4. What is Sharpe's assignment at the beginning of the assault on Badajoz?
(a) Running errands for Windham.
(b) Scaling the northern tower.
(c) Guiding forward units into their assault position.
(d) Throwing hay into the ditch.

5. What causes the first assault wave to falter in Chapter 24?
(a) Heavy rain coming down.
(b) The French cavalry.
(c) The huge number of casualties.
(d) The breach being filled by the French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the force going to the dam supposed to do?

2. What makes the British tasks more difficult?

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

4. What happens when Sharpe goes forward to watch the digging in Chapter 12?

5. What does Windham realize as he watches the maneuvers at the dam?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 happens to Sharpe as he retreats from the dam?

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. 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. Describe the fortifications of Badajoz.

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

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

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

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