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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is the horseman dressed?
(a) Like a monk.
(b) In fine, nobleman's clothing.
(c) In a medley of different national uniforms.
(d) In a bard's outfit.

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

4. What abates the Prince of York's excitement?
(a) The French change direction and the Prince's troops do not get to fight.
(b) The first French attack.
(c) The Dragoons capture the Prince.
(d) His new warhorse is killed almost immediately.

5. What do Harper and Sharpe contemplate?
(a) Whether to retire from the military.
(b) What they should do next.
(c) Whether to request reassignment to an English brigade.
(d) Whether to lodge an official complaint against the Prince of Orange.

6. Who does Sharpe wonder about atoning to for his insubordination?
(a) The Prince of Orange.
(b) The Duke of Wellington.
(c) The Prince of Wales.
(d) The Duke of York.

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

8. Why is the Prince of Orange excited?
(a) He expects a great victory against the French.
(b) He has just become betrothed and wants a victory to impress his fiance.
(c) He receives a letter from his father stating that he is receiving the title early to an estate he loves.
(d) He just got a new warhorse.

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

10. 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 leave the battlefield in a blind panic.
(c) They are slaughtered almost to a man.
(d) They are flanked and surrender.

11. How are the French Dragoons received by the Belgium people?
(a) The Dragoons are ignored.
(b) The Dragoons are fired upon.
(c) Some welcome the Dragoons, but most revile them.
(d) The Dragoons are welcomed.

12. What dinner do Harper and Sharpe share?
(a) Hard biscuits and dried pork.
(b) Roasted horse meat.
(c) Roasted pig.
(d) Beef jerky.

13. Where do Sharpe and Doggett find a French battalion?
(a) Near Quatre Bras.
(b) Near the village of Frasnes.
(c) They find no French.
(d) Almost to Brussels.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who accompanies Sharpe to Quatre Bras?

3. Why do the Prince of Orange's men refuse to follow him to attack the French cannon?

4. Where is the lone horseman approaching at the opening of chapter 3?

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

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