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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 abates the Prince of York's excitement?
(a) The first French attack.
(b) His new warhorse is killed almost immediately.
(c) The Dragoons capture the Prince.
(d) The French change direction and the Prince's troops do not get to fight.

2. What does Jane discover?
(a) She is dying.
(b) She truly loves Sharpe.
(c) She is homesick for England.
(d) She is pregnant.

3. What must Sharpe do by the Prince of Orange's orders?
(a) Stay with the Prince and not go out to the front lines.
(b) Reconcile with Rossendale.
(c) Attend a ball in Brussels and wear a Dutch uniform.
(d) Take a force of riflemen to flank the Dragoons.

4. How old is Napoleon's campaign in Belgium?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) One week.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) Less than 48 hours.

5. What do Sharpe and Rebecque draft in Chapter 5?
(a) A letter releasing Rossendale from service.
(b) A group of Belgium farmers.
(c) A herd of horses for their cavalry.
(d) An order for Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, ostensibly from the Prince of Orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month of the year is it when the story opens?

2. Why is the Prince of Orange enraged?

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

4. How do the British defend against the Cuirassiers?

5. What do Harper and Sharpe contemplate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the Dutch-Belgium troops unable to fight well?

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

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

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

5. Who is Sharpe's mother and in what wars has he fought? To whom is he attached now?

6. What do Sharpe and Harper do on the second night of battle?

7. What type of technical details are seen in Chapter 8?

8. What becomes a major source of friction between the Prince of Orange and Sharpe? Why is Sharpe with the Prince?

9. 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?

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

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