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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Duke of Wellington order the Prince of Orange to do?
(a) To find Sharpe for questioning.
(b) To return to his headquarters immediately.
(c) To return to his headquarters after the ball.
(d) To resign his position.

2. Who appears on the battle scene just in the nick of time?
(a) The green-jacketed riflemen of the Duke of Welilngton's troops.
(b) The 110th Riflemen Brigade led by Sharpe.
(c) The Prince of Blucher's troops.
(d) No one.

3. Who is with Sharpe when he joins the Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras?
(a) The 110th Rifle Brigade.
(b) Patrick Harper.
(c) Rossendale.
(d) The Prince of Wales.

4. Who captures the 69th battalion's colours?
(a) The Cuirassiers.
(b) The 3rd French legion.
(c) The Hessians.
(d) The Hussars.

5. Why is the Prince of Orange enraged?
(a) Because he thinks he should lead a charge against the Cuirassiers.
(b) Because his reserve war horse has also been killed.
(c) Because his infantry collapse on the first attack and his cavalry is routed by the French lancers.
(d) Because the Duke of Wellington snubs him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the horseman attempting to do?

2. What do Sharpe and Rebecque draft in Chapter 5?

3. What happens to the 69th battalion?

4. Who loses all the ground he has captured?

5. Who does the Duke of Wellington hope will join his forces?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe do when he and Doggett see a battalion of French while scouting the crossroad area?

2. What did the actions in Chapter 7 show about the Prince of Orange and some of the other British officers?

3. What town on the river Sambre is easily taken by the French, who tries to stop them, and what does this mean in tactical terms?

4. What do Rebecque and Sharpe decide Sharpe should do as they study a map of the area?

5. What is the ultimate end of the second day of the novel?

6. What does the Duke of Wellington read at the ball that interrupts his participation? What does he do after he reads the dispatch?

7. Who does Sharpe encounter while escaping the crossroad area and what happens?

8. What are some of the types of infantry attack used in the battle for Quatre Bras?

9. Why is the Duke of Wellington worried about his troops and what kinds of troops does he have?

10. What actions of the Dutch-Belgium cavalry in Chapter 7 tell the reader about their ability? What impressions might their actions give?

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