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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the Rivillas Stream dammed?
(a) To make rice paddies.
(b) To water the crops on the west side.
(c) To flood an expanse east of the city.
(d) To provide drinking water for the city.

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

3. About what is Sharpe questioned at the war council?
(a) Why the attack on the dam failed.
(b) How to scale the northern wall.
(c) Where the French are located.
(d) His judgment on the breaches.

4. What do Teresa and Sharpe talk about on the way to Badajoz?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) The French and Napoleon.
(d) Her family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe do when he gets to his old company?

2. Where are six external fortresses placed in Badajoz?

3. What is Sharpe looking for as he wanders Ciudad Rodrigo?

4. What does Teresa ask Sharpe about herself?

5. Who does Sharpe suspect of stealing?

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