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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 are the British gunners firing from the ridge?
(a) Howitzers with the new shrapnel shells.
(b) Flaming arrows from lit tar pits.
(c) Long-range rifles.
(d) Solid, 25 pound cannons.

2. What does the Prince of Orange do to cover his embarrassment from the previous day?
(a) Blusters his way through planning his army's assignment.
(b) Makes an exaggerated analysis of the allied lines.
(c) Says the knock on his head addled his brains.
(d) Asks Sharpe about the encounter with Lord Rossendale.

3. Who wears black bearskins?
(a) The elite Imperial Guard.
(b) The sharpshooters.
(c) The elite French legion of the forest.
(d) The elite French legion of the cross.

4. How are the British heavy cavalry defeated?
(a) They run up on hidden light guns.
(b) They run up on hidden cannons.
(c) They are overpowered by the Cuirassiers.
(d) They fail to listen to the bugle call to retreat.

5. Of what is Sharpe convinced?
(a) The west ridge will fall soon without reserves.
(b) The men in the chateau are perfectly capable of holding the position.
(c) The west ridge is strong enough without any reserves.
(d) The southern hills are set with an ambush.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Napoleon's men dressed?

2. What does Lieutenant Simon Bloggett want of Sharpe?

3. Who does Sharpe think about in Brussels?

4. What does Rossendale resolve to do the next day?

5. What is the Emperor's signal to start the battle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Sharpe and other British officers react to the sight of Napoleon and what might be the intent of Napoleon in that regard?

2. What happens to the British Heavy Cavalry unit with which John Rossendale is riding?

3. What stops the French from pursuing the retreating British army?

4. In Chapter 10, what describes a critical decision made by Wellington that ultimately leads to an Allied victory?

5. By the end of Chapter 10 what do each of the characters in the story face?

6. What makes Rossendale feel better about himself?

7. What person and his position, provide a good example of dealing with incompetent superiors?

8. Why, on the third day, are the French still confident of victory?

9. What does the author's placement of Sharpe in Chapter 14 do as a narrative device?

10. What gross error in judgment and orders did the Prince of Orange make in Chapter 15?

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