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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fourth Day, Chapters 17 thru 20, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has still not happened at 3:30?
(a) Any sign of the French running out of cannon balls.
(b) A decisive moment in the battle.
(c) Any sign of the French running out of fresh troops.
(d) Any sign of the Prussians.

2. What does Wellington do about the troops' baggage?
(a) Sends it to be joined with that of the Prince of Orange's supply line.
(b) Lines it up in front of them to delay the French infantry.
(c) Has it assembled where the troops can reach it for ammo.
(d) Sends it to the rear.

3. Who launches a full scale cavalry charge to keep the British from forming squares again?
(a) Kellerman.
(b) Lafayette.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Marshal Ney.

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

5. What does the Prince of Orange order?
(a) The light cavalry to charge the garrison position.
(b) The Hanoverians to advance on La Hay Sainte to recapture it, though it has not been lost.
(c) Sharpe to join the forward rifle company.
(d) Sharpe to take charge of the Hanoverians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Sharpe go over to Rossendale?

3. What happens to the farmland around Quatre Bras?

4. What does Sharpe ask of Rossendale?

5. Where do Sharpe and Doggett find a French battalion?

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