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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 is given to the general of the French dragoons in Charleroi?
(a) A map showing the English gun emplacements.
(b) A 21-gun salute.
(c) A bunch of violets.
(d) Misleading information.

2. From where do Harper and Sharpe withdraw?
(a) Quatre Bras.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Their devastated regiment.
(d) The Prince of Orange.

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

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

5. Why do the Prince of Orange's men refuse to follow him to attack the French cannon?
(a) A brigade of French light cavalry has appeared.
(b) There are several smaller cannons trained on them.
(c) They have to ride through a grass fire to get there.
(d) The mastiffs are ringed around the cannons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sharpe join?

2. What causes a massacre of those who relieve the defenders of La Haye Sainte?

3. How many more rivers does Napoleon have to cross before reaching Brussels?

4. Who cannot advance?

5. How does Rossendale get separated from his friends?

(see the answer key)

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