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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. Who does the Duke of Wellington hope will join his forces?
(a) The Dutch 42nd regiment of sharpshooters.
(b) The Dutch 42nd regiment of cavalry.
(c) The Prussian army under Prince Blucher.
(d) The English 42nd regiment of riflemen.

2. Who are the Cuirassiers?
(a) The Dutch special lance brigade.
(b) The "big brothers" of the French army on heavy horses.
(c) The French pikemen.
(d) A band of pirates who have thrown in with the French.

3. What do Sharpe and Rebecque draft in Chapter 5?
(a) A herd of horses for their cavalry.
(b) A letter releasing Rossendale from service.
(c) A group of Belgium farmers.
(d) An order for Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, ostensibly from the Prince of Orange.

4. Who loses all the ground he has captured?
(a) Marshall Ney.
(b) The Prince of Orange.
(c) The Duke of Wellington.
(d) The Duke of Northhampton.

5. How is the horseman dressed?
(a) In fine, nobleman's clothing.
(b) In a medley of different national uniforms.
(c) In a bard's outfit.
(d) Like a monk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Saxe-Weimar's men?

2. What happens to the 69th battalion?

3. What is the horseman attempting to do?

4. Who is Lord John Rossendale?

5. About what is the Duke of Wellington worried?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of technical details are seen in Chapter 8?

2. What did the actions in Chapter 7 show about the Prince of Orange and some of the other British officers?

3. Why is the Duchess of Richmond apprehensive about John Rossendale?

4. How do the French feel about the outcome of the war and why haven't the Prussians come to help the British?

5. To whom does Sharpe send a note when he encounters men from the German Legion and what is the response? Why does he respond that way?

6. Who does Sharpe encounter while escaping the crossroad area and what happens?

7. What do Rebecque and Sharpe decide Sharpe should do as they study a map of the area?

8. What actions of the Dutch-Belgium cavalry in Chapter 7 tell the reader about their ability? What impressions might their actions give?

9. What is Bonaparte thinking about as he sits in his coach near where the French come into Belgium?

10. Who does Sharpe see as he leaves Wellington to return to the crossroads? What does he do?

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