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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe order Doggett to do?
(a) To disguise himself as a Belgium peasant.
(b) To return to Quatre Bras to inform Saxe-Weimar.
(c) To get to Brussels to report to the Duke of Wellington.
(d) To go around to one side of the force as Sharpe goes to the other.

2. Where is Napoleon Bonaparte as the Dragoons cross into Belgium?
(a) About 10 miles south of the entry place.
(b) On Elba Island.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In Russia.

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

4. Who is Prince William of Orange?
(a) The Duke and heir to the throne of England.
(b) The Duke and heir to the throne of Netherlands.
(c) The Duke and heir to the throne of Germany.
(d) The only experienced commander in the English army.

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

6. Upon whose staff is the horseman?
(a) The Prince of Wales.
(b) The Prince of Belgium.
(c) No one's.
(d) The Prince of Orange.

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

8. Why is the Duchess apprehensive of Rossendale being at her home?
(a) Because Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe will be there and Rossendale's mistress is Sharpe's unfaithful wife, Jane.
(b) Because Napoleon will kill her if he finds out.
(c) Because he would be disobeying orders to come there.
(d) She is not apprehensive.

9. What does the bugle call the French to do?
(a) Flank the 95th infantry regiment and attack.
(b) Attack on three sides.
(c) Retreat.
(d) Encircle the remaining British forces.

10. Who appears on the battle scene just in the nick of time?
(a) The green-jacketed riflemen of the Duke of Welilngton's troops.
(b) The 110th Riflemen Brigade led by Sharpe.
(c) No one.
(d) The Prince of Blucher's troops.

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

12. Who does the Duke of Wellington hope will join his forces?
(a) The Dutch 42nd regiment of cavalry.
(b) The English 42nd regiment of riflemen.
(c) The Prussian army under Prince Blucher.
(d) The Dutch 42nd regiment of sharpshooters.

13. What is the horseman attempting to do?
(a) Desert his post.
(b) Be accepted into the French ranks in order to spy.
(c) Inform the allied headquarters if the French have indeed entered Belgium in force.
(d) Get close enough to Napoleon to assassinate him.

14. Who is Lord John Rossendale?
(a) The Duchess's husband.
(b) A cavalry officer of the British Life Guards.
(c) The Duchess's brother.
(d) The commander of the riflemen facing the Dragoons.

15. What persists towards the East from where Sharpe and Harper are?
(a) A heavy fog.
(b) The sounds of battle between the Prussians and French.
(c) Flocks of crows and ravens circling.
(d) Grass fires.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Halkett obeys the Prince of Orange's orders?

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

3. What does the Duke of Wellington order the Prince of Orange to do?

4. How many of the Duke of Wellington's troops are reliable?

5. Who are the Cuirassiers?

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