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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fourth Day, Chapters 13 thru 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a backdrop to the possibility of a battle in the morning?
(a) The sound of men having bad dreams.
(b) The sounds of cannons firing for alignment.
(c) The sound of sabers being sharpened.
(d) The menacing weather.

2. How old is Napoleon's campaign in Belgium?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) One week.
(c) Less than 48 hours.
(d) 24 hours.

3. Where do French skirmishers mount an attack?
(a) On Waterloo.
(b) Head on with the Duke's infantry.
(c) On Mont-St-Jean.
(d) On the Chateau de Hougoumont.

4. What does Sharpe ponder also?
(a) What to do about Rossendale.
(b) About what Peter d'Alembord shares with him the day before.
(c) If he may die on the morrow.
(d) The fact that he now has a writ of divorcement.

5. What is the Duke of Wellington's army doing?
(a) Driving East to cut off Napoleon's supply line.
(b) Driving West to cut off Napoleon's supply line.
(c) Retreating in an orderly fashion.
(d) Advancing to flank Napoleon's heavy cavalry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which men are posted to reinforce the garrison defending Hougoumont?

2. Who loses all the ground he has captured?

3. Of what is Sharpe convinced?

4. How are the French Dragoons received by the Belgium people?

5. What does Wellington order that his men keep?

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