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

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

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

4. What does Rossendale do when he sees Sharpe coming his way?
(a) Calls for help.
(b) Stands his ground.
(c) Draws his sword.
(d) Flees into the woods.

5. What does Rossendale resolve to do the next day?
(a) Kill Sharpe.
(b) He makes no resolutions.
(c) Humiliate Sharpe.
(d) Regain his honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sharpe meet Harper?

2. Why does Sharpe go over to Rossendale?

3. With what does the battle start?

4. Where does Sharpe return to in chapter 12?

5. What is the Emperor's signal to start the battle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What stops the French from pursuing the retreating British army?

6. How does the author fit in a depiction of the Allied Forces in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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