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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. Which men are posted to reinforce the garrison defending Hougoumont?
(a) The 2nd Heavy Cavalry.
(b) The 2nd Guards Brigade.
(c) The 3rd Horse Artillery Battalion.
(d) The 2nd Infantry Artillery Brigade.

2. How are Napoleon's men dressed?
(a) Like a ragtag Army.
(b) In their finest uniforms with gold and silver plumes that gleam in the weak sunshine.
(c) In drab grey.
(d) In several different styles from various campaigns.

3. What is the Duke of Wellington's army doing?
(a) Retreating in an orderly fashion.
(b) Driving West to cut off Napoleon's supply line.
(c) Driving East to cut off Napoleon's supply line.
(d) Advancing to flank Napoleon's heavy cavalry.

4. How does Blucher's Prussian army fare the day before?
(a) Defeated but not destroyed.
(b) Most of the Prussians deserted and are on their way home.
(c) Utterly destroyed.
(d) Blucher is killed but the army is completely intact.

5. Who wears black bearskins?
(a) The sharpshooters.
(b) The elite Imperial Guard.
(c) The elite French legion of the forest.
(d) The elite French legion of the cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the British gunners firing from the ridge?

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

3. What does the Prince of Orange do to cover his embarrassment from the previous day?

4. Of what is Sharpe convinced?

5. What is happening at the opening of chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What makes Rossendale feel better about himself?

5. What does Sharpe tell Rossendale during their encounter in the woods?

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

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

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

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

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

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