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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 Geisenau do?
(a) Deliberately delays the departure of the Prussian troops.
(b) Leaves without giving any orders to von Bulow.
(c) Gives an incorrect order to von Bulow.
(d) Makes a false report to Duke Wellington.

2. Where do Sharpe and Harper watch the attack by the French skirmishers?
(a) In a field next to the fortified farm.
(b) They stay in the barn.
(c) On the ridge to the north of a farmhouse.
(d) On the ridge to the south of the Prince of Orange's forces.

3. Where does the Prince of Orange assign Sharpe?
(a) To the reserves.
(b) To the right end of the line to watch for a French outflanking move.
(c) In the front line of attack.
(d) To the rearguard.

4. What is the weather like as the British wait for Napoleon's army?
(a) Clear and warm.
(b) Clear and very cold.
(c) Overcast and about to rain.
(d) Driving rain and wind.

5. Who falls with the heavy cavalry?
(a) The Prince of Orange.
(b) Peter.
(c) Harper.
(d) Lord Rossendale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the British's first casualties?

2. What does Sharpe do to Rossendale's sword?

3. What impedes the French cavalry from overtaking the British?

4. What does Rebecque want of Sharpe?

5. Who is in charge of the Prussian army?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of relationship does the contrast of the two opposing generals have to the two armies?

3. What makes Rossendale feel better about himself?

4. What is the difference between Napoleon and the Duke in how they come before their men and how their men acknowledge them?

5. What does the author's placement of Sharpe in Chapter 14 do as a narrative device?

6. What is it about the British muskets that proves the beginning of the French's downfall?

7. What does John Rossendale tell his fellow officers about the condition of his sword and pistol in Chapter 10?

8. What is the difference between the disposition of the Allied Forces and the French in Chapter 13? For what does this afford the author an opportunity?

9. In Chapter 10, what describes a critical decision made by Wellington that ultimately leads to an Allied victory?

10. How does D'Alembord's premonition show courage?

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