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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. Who is Christopher Manvell?
(a) Rossendale's friend to whom he tells the truth.
(b) Sharpe's second in command.
(c) A spy for the British.
(d) The Duke of Wellington's valet.

2. What is the Duchess of Richmond preparing to give?
(a) A sumptuous ball in a large rented house.
(b) A report of the French invasion to the Belgium king.
(c) A dinner party.
(d) A recital.

3. What is the result of the Prince of Orange's failure to order the Hanoverian line into squares?
(a) They begin an orderly retreat.
(b) They make a line.
(c) They retreat in disorderly fashion.
(d) They are almost all slaughtered.

4. About what is the Duke of Wellington worried?
(a) His daughter's illness.
(b) Getting back to England.
(c) The quality and numbers of his troops.
(d) His wife's pregnancy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who loses all the ground he has captured?

2. What is happening at the opening of chapter 13?

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

4. How is the horseman dressed?

5. Upon what does the main French infantry advance?

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