3. 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) They have to ride through a grass fire to get there.
(c) There are several smaller cannons trained on them.
(d) The mastiffs are ringed around the cannons.

4. What order is Sharpe given?
(a) To report the next day for court martial.
(b) To rejoin his old regiment.
(c) To withdraw from battle and consider himself subject to execution for disobeying a direct order under battle.
(d) To report his insubordination to the Duke of Wellington.

5. Where is the lone horseman approaching at the opening of chapter 3?
(a) Brussels.
(b) Paris.
(c) Sambre.
(d) Charleroi.

6. What does Bonaparte consider the enemy to be?
(a) Incompetent.
(b) Greatly outnumbered.
(c) English scum and their Prussian hirelings.
(d) Highly trained.

7. What happens to the Dutch-Belgian guns and infantry?
(a) They confuse their orders and are not where they are supposed to be.
(b) They are slaughtered almost to a man.
(c) They are flanked and surrender.
(d) They leave the battlefield in a blind panic.

8. Why is the Prince of Orange enraged?
(a) Because he thinks he should lead a charge against the Cuirassiers.
(b) Because his infantry collapse on the first attack and his cavalry is routed by the French lancers.
(c) Because his reserve war horse has also been killed.
(d) Because the Duke of Wellington snubs him.

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

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. Who is with Sharpe when he joins the Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras?
(a) The 110th Rifle Brigade.
(b) Rossendale.
(c) Patrick Harper.
(d) The Prince of Wales.

12. What must Sharpe do by the Prince of Orange's orders?
(a) Attend a ball in Brussels and wear a Dutch uniform.
(b) Stay with the Prince and not go out to the front lines.
(c) Reconcile with Rossendale.
(d) Take a force of riflemen to flank the Dragoons.

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

14. How many of the Duke of Wellington's troops are reliable?
(a) About 2/3 of them.
(b) Only about a quarter of them.
(c) Almost all of them.
(d) About half.

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