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

2. What happens when Halkett obeys the Prince of Orange's orders?
(a) The Prince of Orange is relieved of his command.
(b) Halkett's men flee the battle.
(c) The Duke of Wellington countermands the order.
(d) The Cuirassiers attack Halkett's line.

3. What do the men under Sharpe's leadership do when they cannot form a square?
(a) Run behind the cavalry as back up.
(b) Run for the high ground to reform.
(c) Retreat to the trees.
(d) Surrender.

4. Who is Lucille?
(a) Sharpe's mistress.
(b) Sharpe's new wife.
(c) The Duchess of Richmond's handmaiden.
(d) Sharpe's sister-in-law.

5. Upon whose staff is the horseman?
(a) The Prince of Wales.
(b) The Prince of Belgium.
(c) The Prince of Orange.
(d) No one's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Baron Jean de Constant Rebecque?

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

3. What do Harper and Sharpe contemplate?

4. Who is with Sharpe when he joins the Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras?

5. How is the horseman dressed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Sharpe see as he leaves Wellington to return to the crossroads? What does he do?

3. What is Bonaparte thinking about as he sits in his coach near where the French come into Belgium?

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

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

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

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

8. Why are the French able to cross into Belgium and what type of resistance is there?

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

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

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