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

2. What is the use for the cobbled road?
(a) To be able to hear the advance of Napoleon's army.
(b) There is no planned use for it.
(c) For a fast retreat if necessary.
(d) To move reinforcements out of sight.

3. What happens to the farmland around Quatre Bras?
(a) It is suddenly full of French cavalry.
(b) It is deserted.
(c) A battle is still waging there.
(d) The land is totally decimated.

4. What does Sharpe do to the pistol?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Takes it and puts it in his own belt.
(c) Empties it and hands it back to Rossendale.
(d) Destroys it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lord Rossendale say to the Life Guard officers?

2. Where do Sharpe and Harper travel with other officers and staff?

3. What large complexes are near where the British wait?

4. Why does Sharpe go over to Rossendale?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What makes Rossendale feel better about himself?

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

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

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