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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. To whom is a note about the French advance delivered?
(a) The King of Belgium.
(b) No one.
(c) The Duke of Wellingham.
(d) General Dornberg.

2. What is a backdrop to the possibility of a battle in the morning?
(a) The menacing weather.
(b) The sounds of cannons firing for alignment.
(c) The sound of sabers being sharpened.
(d) The sound of men having bad dreams.

3. What must Sharpe do by the Prince of Orange's orders?
(a) Stay with the Prince and not go out to the front lines.
(b) Reconcile with Rossendale.
(c) Attend a ball in Brussels and wear a Dutch uniform.
(d) Take a force of riflemen to flank the Dragoons.

4. What does Wellington order the Earl of Uxbridge to do?
(a) Attack the advancing French formations with the British heavy cavalry.
(b) Try to flank the Cuirassiers.
(c) Retreat.
(d) Try to take out the heavy artillery on the South ridge.

5. With what are the British redcoats' canteens filled?
(a) Medicinal tea.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Rum or gin.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sharpe join?

2. What do Sharpe and Rebecque draft in Chapter 5?

3. How are the French Dragoons received by the Belgium people?

4. Where do the Cuirassiers ride?

5. What does Rebecque want of Sharpe?

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