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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fourth Day, Chapters 17 thru 20, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the British gunners firing from the ridge?
(a) Flaming arrows from lit tar pits.
(b) Long-range rifles.
(c) Howitzers with the new shrapnel shells.
(d) Solid, 25 pound cannons.

3. What are d'Alembord and his Prince of Wales volunteers ordered to do?
(a) Flank the French light artillery.
(b) Move forward and form squares.
(c) Retreat exactly 100 yards and to then lie down.
(d) Retreat to three low lying hills about half a mile away.

4. 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.

5. Where do Sharpe and Doggett find a French battalion?
(a) Almost to Brussels.
(b) They find no French.
(c) Near the village of Frasnes.
(d) Near Quatre Bras.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe ask of Rossendale?

2. What do Sharpe and Rebecque draft in Chapter 5?

3. What is the Duke of Wellington's army doing?

4. Upon whose staff is the horseman?

5. What does the horseman's hat look like?

(see the answer key)

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