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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 do the British do with the captured bastion?
(a) Set up more siege cannons.
(b) Set up more scaling ladders.
(c) Set up more buttress cannons.
(d) Put in more catpults.

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

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

4. What do the walls of Badajoz have on them?
(a) Barbed wire.
(b) Jagged rocks.
(c) Iron pikes.
(d) Artillery.

5. Why does Windham dispatch Sharpe to the dam?
(a) To take dry powder to the dam.
(b) To be near when the dam blows.
(c) To help ward off some of the defenders.
(d) To find out what's going on with the demolition team.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fills the ditch?

2. What do the French do when the British attack?

3. Why is Sharpe summoned to his old company?

4. With what are the men Sharpe leads into the battle with the French armed?

5. What does Harper find for Sharpe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the British forces camped in relation to Badajoz and what do Sharpe and Harper think will be the only way to assault the city?

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

3. At first, what does Sharpe do while the British are dealing with the Rivillas Stream?

4. Why does Wellington decide Badajoz has to be taken immediately?

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

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. What do the British troops do after the weather clears in Chapter 17 and what do they decide about the plain?

9. Why does Windham realize he made a mistake and what does he do to mitigate it?

10. Describe the fortifications of Badajoz.

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