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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. Where is Badajoz located?
(a) The southern roadway from Portugal to Spain.
(b) On the Turkey peninsula.
(c) Near the center of Portugal.
(d) The northern part of France.

2. What do the British do when the weather clears in Chapter 17?
(a) Begin digging again.
(b) Clean their gear.
(c) Set up a dry camp.
(d) Assault the walls.

3. What action by Rymer does Sharpe stop after the dam mission?
(a) Blaming Sharpe for the failure of the mission.
(b) Folding the green coats into the company.
(c) Demoting Harper.
(d) Killing Hakeswill.

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

5. What does Sharpe do when he reaches the dam?
(a) Yells at Rymer.
(b) Tells his men to retreat.
(c) Takes charge of the company.
(d) Slaps Rymer to snap him out of his problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe order the men to do when the French attack?

2. What do the British decide they must do with the flooded plain?

3. What does Sharpe conclude after seeing the ball from his leg?

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

5. What does Hakeswill spend his time thinking about during the assault preparations?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Wellington call, why is Sharpe present and what does Sharpe request? How does Wellington respond to Sharpe's request?

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

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