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

2. How do the assembled men feel about Harper's punishment?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Delighted.

3. What does Rymer do when the French attack in Chapter 13?
(a) Goes on the offense.
(b) Panics.
(c) Sets up a reasonable defense.
(d) Sends his men in the wrong direction.

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

5. What do the men in the ditch shout as they join Sharpe in the assault?
(a) His name.
(b) The queen's name.
(c) Badajoz.
(d) Napoleon's name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fills the ditch?

2. What does Sharpe find when he returns to the baggage area?

3. What attacks the protecting fortress while another force attacks the dam in Chapter 18?

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

5. What do the walls of Badajoz have on them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. What has the French built across the Rivillas Stream and what do the British do about it?

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