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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. Upon what does Rebecque give up?
(a) Getting Sharpe to be more tactful.
(b) Getting the Prince of Orange to stay in the rear lines.
(c) Getting Sharpe to wear a Dutch uniform.
(d) Getting the Prince of Orange to lead from a safe place.

2. With what does the battle start?
(a) Eerie silence.
(b) A clap of thunder.
(c) A dozen French brigades screaming a battle cry.
(d) A cannon duel.

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

4. What do the men under Sharpe's leadership do when they cannot form a square?
(a) Run for the high ground to reform.
(b) Retreat to the trees.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Run behind the cavalry as back up.

5. What persists towards the East from where Sharpe and Harper are?
(a) A heavy fog.
(b) Grass fires.
(c) The sounds of battle between the Prussians and French.
(d) Flocks of crows and ravens circling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lord Rossendale say to the Life Guard officers?

2. What happens sometime during the night?

3. Who is with Sharpe when he joins the Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras?

4. What does Wellington order that his men keep?

5. What is Sharpe asked to do?

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