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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Teresa's family's house located in Badajoz?
(a) Near the governor's mansion.
(b) Near the northern wall.
(c) At the center of the city.
(d) On the eastern edge.

3. How is the entire first forlorn hope killed?
(a) A massive mine explodes.
(b) A wall falls on them.
(c) The French shoot all of them.
(d) They are mowed down with cannon fire.

4. How do the two diversionary attacks end up?
(a) As failures.
(b) They are half successful.
(c) Successful.
(d) They are all killed.

5. What makes the British tasks more difficult?
(a) Constant rain and thick mud.
(b) Rocky ground.
(c) The French running sorties.
(d) The thick trees.

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

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

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

9. What happens when the charges blow at the dam?
(a) Half the dam is taken away.
(b) A small crack appears in the dam.
(c) Nothing, it was enough explosives.
(d) The dam blows up.

10. What attacks the protecting fortress while another force attacks the dam in Chapter 18?
(a) Fifteen heavy cavalry.
(b) A large diversionary force.
(c) A squad of sappers.
(d) No one attacks the fortress.

11. Why are Sharpe and Harper concerned about Teresa?
(a) That she won't be safe during the battle.
(b) That she is held a prisoner.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That Hakeswill wants to kill her.

12. What happens when Sharpe goes forward to watch the digging in Chapter 12?
(a) A wall collapses.
(b) He finds Harper.
(c) Two men jump him.
(d) A French sortie comes out.

13. What does Sharpe say when Hogan tells him of the plan for assaulting the dam?
(a) It will work great.
(b) It is too simple.
(c) He doesn't have an opinion.
(d) The plan is too complicated.

14. How are the walls of Badajoz reinforced?
(a) With a wooden stockade.
(b) With ravelins and a glacis.
(c) With concrete pilings.
(d) With steel girders.

15. What does Harper find for Sharpe?
(a) A field dressing.
(b) A nurse.
(c) Medical assistance.
(d) A stretcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Badajoz located?

2. What do the British learn in Chapter 23 that makes them delay the assault for a day?

3. For what does Sharpe ask permission?

4. What does Sharpe do after setting the charges?

5. Why was the Rivillas Stream dammed?

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