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

2. What does Windham give Harper?
(a) His watch.
(b) A gold piece.
(c) A new horse.
(d) A new uniform.

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

4. With what type of gun does Harper think Sharpe was shot?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A pistol.
(c) An old muskrat.
(d) The seven-barrel gun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What protects the northern side of Badajoz?

2. What are emplaced against two of the bastions?

3. How is the entire first forlorn hope killed?

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

5. What does Harper find for Sharpe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. How is Badajoz finally taken?

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

10. Describe the fortifications of Badajoz.

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