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

2. What does Sharpe do to the pistol?
(a) Empties it and hands it back to Rossendale.
(b) Takes it and puts it in his own belt.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Destroys it.

3. What does Colonel MacDonnell ask Sharpe?
(a) To lead the charge of the 3rd infantry.
(b) To get a wagon of ammunition sent down to the chateau.
(c) To get his sharpshooters to protect Wellington's artillery.
(d) To get the Prince of Orange to deploy more of his cavalry to the east.

4. Upon what does Rebecque give up?
(a) Getting Sharpe to wear a Dutch uniform.
(b) Getting the Prince of Orange to stay in the rear lines.
(c) Getting Sharpe to be more tactful.
(d) Getting the Prince of Orange to lead from a safe place.

5. What does Sharpe ask of Rossendale?
(a) To have Jane back.
(b) A promissory note.
(c) A truce.
(d) To not be such a coward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Duke of Wellington's army doing?

2. What does Lord Rossendale say to the Life Guard officers?

3. What happens to the farmland around Quatre Bras?

4. What premonition scares one of Sharpe's friends?

5. What does Sharpe ponder also?

Short Essay Questions

1. By the end of Chapter 10 what do each of the characters in the story face?

2. What is a major failure on the French part that leads to their ultimate defeat?

3. What charge of heavy cavalry is described in Chapter 15 and what two roles do the horses have?

4. Describe the area where the retreating British army takes up a position in Chapter 10.

5. What happens to the British Heavy Cavalry unit with which John Rossendale is riding?

6. Why, on the third day, are the French still confident of victory?

7. What gross error in judgment and orders did the Prince of Orange make in Chapter 15?

8. What is one of the most striking differences at the end of a battle and the disposition of the dead between that era and now?

9. What new weapon is used, who invented it and why did the description of it stand out among other action scenes?

10. What person and his position, provide a good example of dealing with incompetent superiors?

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