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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sharpe is within twenty paces of Rossendale, what does Rossendale do?
(a) Raises his pistol.
(b) Fires his pistol into the air to attract attention.
(c) Drops his sword and raises his empty hands.
(d) Yells for his aide.

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

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

4. What does Wellington order the Earl of Uxbridge to do?
(a) Attack the advancing French formations with the British heavy cavalry.
(b) Retreat.
(c) Try to take out the heavy artillery on the South ridge.
(d) Try to flank the Cuirassiers.

5. Who do Doggett and Sharpe see as they are leaving the Quatre Bras area?
(a) The Emperor Napoleon.
(b) Lord John Rossendale.
(c) Duke of Wellington.
(d) Major Gesser with Napoleon.

6. Where does Sharpe meet Harper?
(a) At the local inn.
(b) In the officer's mess.
(c) At the Duke's tent.
(d) In the stables.

7. What does Rebecque want of Sharpe?
(a) To lead a small group of soldiers for reconaissance.
(b) To be Rebecque's second in a duel.
(c) To take charge of a forward expedition.
(d) Rebecque wants Sharpe to make peace with the Prince.

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

9. Where is Wellington preparing for battle?
(a) South of the Prince of Orange.
(b) In the center between the Prussians and Belgians.
(c) On the north ridge.
(d) On a pair of hills to the south of Waterloo.

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

11. What are many of the British redcoats doing as they wait?
(a) Throwing dice.
(b) Smoking clay pipes.
(c) Writing home.
(d) Playing cards.

12. 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.

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

14. Why does Sharpe go over to Rossendale?
(a) To help him as he is fighting three soldiers.
(b) To confront Rossendale.
(c) To tell Rossendale he withdraws his challenge.
(d) To tell him orders from the Duke of Wellington.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is von Bulow's Fourth corp supposed to do?

2. What large complexes are near where the British wait?

3. What does Rossendale do when he sees Sharpe coming his way?

4. Where do French skirmishers mount an attack?

5. What does Sharpe ponder also?

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