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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What order does Sharpe refuse to take to Halkett?
(a) That Halkett stay in place in his square.
(b) That Halkett retreat.
(c) That Halkett's men form a line.
(d) That Halkett move East one mile.

3. What is Lucille most afraid of as she says goodbye to Sharpe?
(a) Rossendale taking out his hatred of Sharpe on Lucille.
(b) Sharpe getting killed.
(c) A British defeat and the French marching into Brussels.
(d) Having to go back to England unwed and pregnant if Sharpe dies.

4. What do Sharpe and Rebecque draft in Chapter 5?
(a) A letter releasing Rossendale from service.
(b) An order for Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, ostensibly from the Prince of Orange.
(c) A herd of horses for their cavalry.
(d) A group of Belgium farmers.

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

6. How are the Brunswickers identified?
(a) Green coats.
(b) Black coats.
(c) Yellow coats.
(d) Feathers in their caps.

7. About what is the Duke of Wellington worried?
(a) The quality and numbers of his troops.
(b) His daughter's illness.
(c) His wife's pregnancy.
(d) Getting back to England.

8. Why might Sharpe not come to the Duchess's home?
(a) He knows Rossendale is in town.
(b) He does not enjoy social functions.
(c) He is ill.
(d) He is busy counter attacking the Dragoons.

9. What is one group that is part of the Duke of Wellington's troops?
(a) The King's German Legion.
(b) The Wale's sharpshooters.
(c) The Russian Cossack cavalry.
(d) The Irish Third Artillery.

10. How does the Duke of Wellington treat the Prince of Orange?
(a) Effusively.
(b) In an official capacity.
(c) Curtly.
(d) He commiserates with the Prince.

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

12. What happens when Halkett obeys the Prince of Orange's orders?
(a) The Duke of Wellington countermands the order.
(b) Halkett's men flee the battle.
(c) The Cuirassiers attack Halkett's line.
(d) The Prince of Orange is relieved of his command.

13. What does Jane discover?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is homesick for England.
(c) She truly loves Sharpe.
(d) She is dying.

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

15. Who is Lucille?
(a) Sharpe's mistress.
(b) Sharpe's sister-in-law.
(c) Sharpe's new wife.
(d) The Duchess of Richmond's handmaiden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Prince of Orange excited?

2. What do Harper and Sharpe contemplate?

3. Who loses all the ground he has captured?

4. Who does Sharpe wonder about atoning to for his insubordination?

5. Why is the Prince of Orange enraged?

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