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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon what does the main French infantry advance?
(a) The Belgian infantry.
(b) The ridge.
(c) The Prussian army's infantry.
(d) The Belgian pikes.

2. What does Rebecque give Sharpe?
(a) A written commendation.
(b) Bread and cold lamb.
(c) A verbal lashing.
(d) A written reprimand.

3. Which men are posted to reinforce the garrison defending Hougoumont?
(a) The 2nd Guards Brigade.
(b) The 3rd Horse Artillery Battalion.
(c) The 2nd Heavy Cavalry.
(d) The 2nd Infantry Artillery Brigade.

4. Where do Sharpe and Harper go after the French skirmishers retreat?
(a) To the ridge above the chateau.
(b) To Waterloo.
(c) To the west flank of the Prince of Orange's troops.
(d) To the Duke's 92nd rifle brigade.

5. How are the British heavy cavalry defeated?
(a) They run up on hidden cannons.
(b) They run up on hidden light guns.
(c) They are overpowered by the Cuirassiers.
(d) They fail to listen to the bugle call to retreat.

6. With what does the battle start?
(a) A cannon duel.
(b) Eerie silence.
(c) A clap of thunder.
(d) A dozen French brigades screaming a battle cry.

7. How does Rossendale get separated from his friends?
(a) Because of an exploding rocket.
(b) Because of the difficult terrain.
(c) Rossendale has no friends at the moment.
(d) Because Baggett heads them off.

8. Where do French skirmishers mount an attack?
(a) On Waterloo.
(b) On Mont-St-Jean.
(c) On the Chateau de Hougoumont.
(d) Head on with the Duke's infantry.

9. What forms the rear guard of the Duke of Wellington's army?
(a) The horse artillery and cavalry.
(b) The elite infantry.
(c) The pikemen.
(d) The sharpshooter brigade.

10. What is the use for the cobbled road?
(a) For a fast retreat if necessary.
(b) To be able to hear the advance of Napoleon's army.
(c) There is no planned use for it.
(d) To move reinforcements out of sight.

11. What is the Emperor's signal to start the battle?
(a) Three cannon shots.
(b) A dozen bugle tones.
(c) A single cannon shot.
(d) A 21 gun rifle salute.

12. What is the Duke of Wellington's army doing?
(a) Retreating in an orderly fashion.
(b) Advancing to flank Napoleon's heavy cavalry.
(c) Driving West to cut off Napoleon's supply line.
(d) Driving East to cut off Napoleon's supply line.

13. What are the British gunners firing from the ridge?
(a) Flaming arrows from lit tar pits.
(b) Solid, 25 pound cannons.
(c) Long-range rifles.
(d) Howitzers with the new shrapnel shells.

14. What is a backdrop to the possibility of a battle in the morning?
(a) The menacing weather.
(b) The sound of men having bad dreams.
(c) The sounds of cannons firing for alignment.
(d) The sound of sabers being sharpened.

15. Who wears black bearskins?
(a) The elite Imperial Guard.
(b) The sharpshooters.
(c) The elite French legion of the forest.
(d) The elite French legion of the cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lord Rossendale say to the Life Guard officers?

2. Where are the British's first casualties?

3. Who do Doggett and Sharpe see as they are leaving the Quatre Bras area?

4. What does Sharpe do to the pistol?

5. What does Wellington order the Earl of Uxbridge to do?

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