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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Cuirassiers?
(a) A band of pirates who have thrown in with the French.
(b) The "big brothers" of the French army on heavy horses.
(c) The French pikemen.
(d) The Dutch special lance brigade.

2. Who loses all the ground he has captured?
(a) The Duke of Wellington.
(b) Marshall Ney.
(c) The Prince of Orange.
(d) The Duke of Northhampton.

3. What does Napoleon do in the East?
(a) Attacks Blucher's Prussian army.
(b) Defeats the Dutch artillery.
(c) Withdraws his cavalry.
(d) Nothing.

4. What month of the year is it when the story opens?
(a) April.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) September.

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

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

7. Who arrives to drive off the French skirmishers?
(a) The Duke of Weston's cavalry.
(b) The 110th Sharpshooters Regiment.
(c) Cavalry under the Prince of Orange.
(d) No one.

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

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

10. Who accompanies Sharpe to Quatre Bras?
(a) An eighteen-year-old, Lieutenant Simon Doggett.
(b) No one.
(c) A Belgium sharpshooter.
(d) A civilian guide.

11. 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.

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

13. How might the pace of the Prussian Major who is taking news to Brussels be described?
(a) Stalled.
(b) Irresponsibly leisurely.
(c) Slow through neccessity.
(d) Rapid.

14. How old is Napoleon's campaign in Belgium?
(a) One week.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) Less than 48 hours.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what is the Duke of Wellington worried?

2. What do Harper and Sharpe contemplate?

3. Where do Sharpe and Doggett find a French battalion?

4. Who is Lord John Rossendale?

5. What does Sharpe do before returning to Quartre Bras?

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