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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 the French retreat?
(a) To Waterloo.
(b) To the woods.
(c) To the south.
(d) To the west ridge.

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

3. What does Lieutenant Simon Bloggett want of Sharpe?
(a) For Sharpe to show him how to plan an offensive.
(b) For Sharpe to ask for command of Bloggett's unit.
(c) For Sharpe to see the Baron Rebecque.
(d) Advice about women.

4. What suddenly appears?
(a) The French army of infantry, cavalry, and cannons appear.
(b) A brigade of French heavy horse.
(c) Dozens of cannons up on a ridge.
(d) A French brigade of long rifle sharpshooters.

5. What is Sharpe asked to do?
(a) Tell the Prince of Orange they do not need reserves.
(b) Tell Wellington they need reinforcements on the North ridge.
(c) Tell the Prince when to send in the reserves.
(d) Take command of the 9nd Battalion.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Rebecque lecture Sharpe?

2. What does Wellington order that his men keep?

3. What does Rebecque want of Sharpe?

4. What does Sharpe ponder also?

5. What does Wellington do about the troops' baggage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanations about British firing techniques are described in great detail in chapter 15?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What makes Rossendale feel better about himself?

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