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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 Simon Doggett do after the KGL infantry are killed?
(a) Curses the Prince of Orange and leaves.
(b) Slaps the Prince of Orange.
(c) Breaks down and sobs.
(d) Shoots the Prince of Orange.

2. What does the battalion do that had faltered?
(a) Throws down their weapons and surrenders.
(b) Follows Sharpe to clear the ridge.
(c) Retreats in an orderly fashion.
(d) Runs off the battlefield in total disorder.

3. Who loses all the ground he has captured?
(a) The Duke of Wellington.
(b) The Duke of Northhampton.
(c) Marshall Ney.
(d) The Prince of Orange.

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

5. What happens to the Prince of Orange?
(a) He is relieved of command by the Duke of Wellington.
(b) He has to leave the field with a shoulder wound.
(c) He is killed by cannon shot.
(d) He decides to ride with the remainder of his cavalry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens sometime during the night?

2. Where are the Hanoverians massacred?

3. What is Lucille most afraid of as she says goodbye to Sharpe?

4. What does the Prince tell Rebecque to do?

5. Where does the Prince of Orange assign Sharpe?

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