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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fourth Day, Chapters 13 thru 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies Sharpe to Quatre Bras?
(a) No one.
(b) An eighteen-year-old, Lieutenant Simon Doggett.
(c) A civilian guide.
(d) A Belgium sharpshooter.

2. Why is the Prince of Orange excited?
(a) He has just become betrothed and wants a victory to impress his fiance.
(b) He just got a new warhorse.
(c) He expects a great victory against the French.
(d) He receives a letter from his father stating that he is receiving the title early to an estate he loves.

3. When Sharpe is within twenty paces of Rossendale, what does Rossendale do?
(a) Raises his pistol.
(b) Drops his sword and raises his empty hands.
(c) Fires his pistol into the air to attract attention.
(d) Yells for his aide.

4. What is happening at the opening of chapter 13?
(a) The preparations by the British forces for the impending battle.
(b) Sharpe and Rossendale have another encounter.
(c) Sharpe is dressed down by the Prince of Orange.
(d) Harper wakes Sharpe with the news that Napoleon has already started his attack.

5. What does Colonel MacDonnell ask Sharpe?
(a) To lead the charge of the 3rd infantry.
(b) To get a wagon of ammunition sent down to the chateau.
(c) To get his sharpshooters to protect Wellington's artillery.
(d) To get the Prince of Orange to deploy more of his cavalry to the east.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Dutch-Belgian guns and infantry?

2. Where do the French retreat?

3. With what does the battle start?

4. What happens to the farmland around Quatre Bras?

5. How are the French Dragoons received by the Belgium people?

(see the answer key)

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