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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 does the horseman's hat look like?
(a) Like an English officer's hat.
(b) Like it has been shot.
(c) It is dressed with a band with the Russian colors.
(d) It shows the scarlet, gold, and black cockade of the Netherlands.

2. What causes the most casualties to the Dragoons from the Prussians?
(a) Hidden cannons.
(b) Their sharpshooter brigade.
(c) The elite cavalry of the Prussian army.
(d) A ditch filled with pitch that they light.

3. What do Harper and Sharpe contemplate?
(a) Whether to retire from the military.
(b) Whether to lodge an official complaint against the Prince of Orange.
(c) What they should do next.
(d) Whether to request reassignment to an English brigade.

4. Who arrives at Quatre Bras with the British Light Cavalry?
(a) The Baron von Helmeld.
(b) No one.
(c) John Faringale.
(d) John Rossendale.

5. Who is Lucille?
(a) Sharpe's new wife.
(b) The Duchess of Richmond's handmaiden.
(c) Sharpe's sister-in-law.
(d) Sharpe's mistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Sharpe and Harper watch the attack by the French skirmishers?

2. Who do Doggett and Sharpe see as they are leaving the Quatre Bras area?

3. Why do the Prince and his staff take shelter?

4. Why might Sharpe not come to the Duchess's home?

5. What must Sharpe do by the Prince of Orange's orders?

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