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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 forms the rear guard of the Duke of Wellington's army?
(a) The sharpshooter brigade.
(b) The horse artillery and cavalry.
(c) The elite infantry.
(d) The pikemen.

2. Why does Sharpe go over to Rossendale?
(a) To help him as he is fighting three soldiers.
(b) To confront Rossendale.
(c) To tell Rossendale he withdraws his challenge.
(d) To tell him orders from the Duke of Wellington.

3. What happens sometime during the night?
(a) It begins raining again.
(b) It stops raining.
(c) It starts sleeting.
(d) It starts snowing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are Napoleon's men dressed?

3. Of what is Sharpe convinced?

4. Where is Wellington preparing for battle?

5. What happens to the farmland around Quatre Bras?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. How do Sharpe and other British officers react to the sight of Napoleon and what might be the intent of Napoleon in that regard?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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