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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Prince of Orange assign Sharpe?
(a) To the right end of the line to watch for a French outflanking move.
(b) To the rearguard.
(c) In the front line of attack.
(d) To the reserves.

2. What premonition scares one of Sharpe's friends?
(a) That Sharpe will do something important in the upcoming battle but will be killed.
(b) That Napoleon will be defeated here.
(c) That he will die soon.
(d) That the friend will turn coward and run.

3. Where do the Cuirassiers ride?
(a) They ride east to cut off the reserves of the Prince of Orange.
(b) Forward towards the heavy horse of the Prussians.
(c) West to threaten the thin British line.
(d) They ride to flank Wellington.

4. Where are the Prussians located?
(a) They are intermingled with the British.
(b) North of the British.
(c) They retreated too far to return in time.
(d) To the east of the British.

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

6. What is the weather like as the British wait for Napoleon's army?
(a) Clear and warm.
(b) Driving rain and wind.
(c) Clear and very cold.
(d) Overcast and about to rain.

7. Who protects the British horse artillery?
(a) The Prussian infantry artillery.
(b) No units are available to protect them.
(c) The British heavy cavalry.
(d) The Dragoons and Life Guards of the British Cavalry.

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

9. Where does Sharpe return to in chapter 12?
(a) England.
(b) The headquarters of his Royal Highness.
(c) His rifle brigade.
(d) Brussels.

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

11. What does Wellington do about the troops' baggage?
(a) Lines it up in front of them to delay the French infantry.
(b) Sends it to the rear.
(c) Sends it to be joined with that of the Prince of Orange's supply line.
(d) Has it assembled where the troops can reach it for ammo.

12. Who falls with the heavy cavalry?
(a) Lord Rossendale.
(b) Peter.
(c) Harper.
(d) The Prince of Orange.

13. Where does the retreating British army take up its position.
(a) In the country near Staatsville.
(b) Near Amsterdam.
(c) Near Brussels.
(d) Just south of the village of Waterloo.

14. Who are the Voltiguers?
(a) French skirmishers.
(b) The Belgian reserves.
(c) The Prussian reserves.
(d) The French cavalry reserves.

15. What does the Prince of Orange order?
(a) The light cavalry to charge the garrison position.
(b) Sharpe to take charge of the Hanoverians.
(c) The Hanoverians to advance on La Hay Sainte to recapture it, though it has not been lost.
(d) Sharpe to join the forward rifle company.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharpe go over to Rossendale?

2. What happens sometime during the night?

3. Where does Sharpe meet Harper?

4. What does the Duke see to their south?

5. What is a backdrop to the possibility of a battle in the morning?

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