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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rossendale resolve to do the next day?
(a) Kill Sharpe.
(b) Humiliate Sharpe.
(c) He makes no resolutions.
(d) Regain his honor.

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

3. What happens sometime during the night?
(a) It stops raining.
(b) It begins raining again.
(c) It starts snowing.
(d) It starts sleeting.

4. What is von Bulow's Fourth corp supposed to do?
(a) Move forward to feint an attack and draw the heavy cavalry to the left flank of Wellington's army.
(b) Hold in reserve.
(c) Lead an advance on Waterloo to fight side by side with Wellington.
(d) Lead the 2nd wave after the sharpshooters.

5. What does Rossendale do when he sees Sharpe coming his way?
(a) Stands his ground.
(b) Flees into the woods.
(c) Calls for help.
(d) Draws his sword.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. Who does Sharpe think about in Brussels?
(a) Lucille.
(b) Jane.
(c) The Duke of Blucher.
(d) No one.

10. What does Sharpe ponder also?
(a) If he may die on the morrow.
(b) What to do about Rossendale.
(c) About what Peter d'Alembord shares with him the day before.
(d) The fact that he now has a writ of divorcement.

11. Who is in charge of the Prussian army?
(a) Marshal Prince Blucher.
(b) The Prince of Orange.
(c) General Hollenzoleren.
(d) The Duke of Wellington.

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

13. What suddenly appears?
(a) Dozens of cannons up on a ridge.
(b) A French brigade of long rifle sharpshooters.
(c) A brigade of French heavy horse.
(d) The French army of infantry, cavalry, and cannons appear.

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

15. What does the Prince of Orange do to cover his embarrassment from the previous day?
(a) Asks Sharpe about the encounter with Lord Rossendale.
(b) Says the knock on his head addled his brains.
(c) Blusters his way through planning his army's assignment.
(d) Makes an exaggerated analysis of the allied lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do French skirmishers mount an attack?

2. Who protects the British horse artillery?

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

4. Where are the Prussians located?

5. What is happening at the opening of chapter 13?

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