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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 happens to the farmland around Quatre Bras?
(a) The land is totally decimated.
(b) A battle is still waging there.
(c) It is suddenly full of French cavalry.
(d) It is deserted.

2. Where do Sharpe and Harper watch the attack by the French skirmishers?
(a) They stay in the barn.
(b) On the ridge to the north of a farmhouse.
(c) On the ridge to the south of the Prince of Orange's forces.
(d) In a field next to the fortified farm.

3. What does the Duke see to their south?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The Prussian army.
(c) Only a few horsemen on an empty ridge.
(d) The Prince of Orange's men.

4. How do the British defend against the Cuirassiers?
(a) With their heavy horses.
(b) With their pike lines.
(c) In infantry squares.
(d) With their heavy cannons.

5. Who is the horseman identified as?
(a) The Duke of Wellington.
(b) Richard Sharpe.
(c) Harper.
(d) General Dornberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the British gunners firing from the ridge?

2. What does Rossendale do when he sees Sharpe coming his way?

3. What does Sharpe do to the pistol?

4. Where are the Prussians located?

5. Who does Sharpe think about in Brussels?

(see the answer key)

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