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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 order is Sharpe given?
(a) To rejoin his old regiment.
(b) To withdraw from battle and consider himself subject to execution for disobeying a direct order under battle.
(c) To report the next day for court martial.
(d) To report his insubordination to the Duke of Wellington.

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

3. What is the Emperor's signal to start the battle?
(a) A single cannon shot.
(b) A 21 gun rifle salute.
(c) Three cannon shots.
(d) A dozen bugle tones.

4. What happens to Saxe-Weimar's men?
(a) They surrender.
(b) They retreat in an orderly fashion.
(c) They turncoat and join the French in attacking the Prince of Orange's troops.
(d) They are the first to be slaughtered.

5. What does Jane discover?
(a) She is homesick for England.
(b) She truly loves Sharpe.
(c) She is dying.
(d) She is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Christopher Manvell?

2. What does Wellington do about the troops' baggage?

3. Who does Sharpe think about in Brussels?

4. What impedes the French cavalry from overtaking the British?

5. What stops the cavalry advance of the Prince of Orange?

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