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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who captures the 69th battalion's colours?
(a) The Hussars.
(b) The Hessians.
(c) The Cuirassiers.
(d) The 3rd French legion.

2. What is given to the general of the French dragoons in Charleroi?
(a) Misleading information.
(b) A map showing the English gun emplacements.
(c) A bunch of violets.
(d) A 21-gun salute.

3. How many more rivers does Napoleon have to cross before reaching Brussels?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) None.

4. Who launches a full scale cavalry charge to keep the British from forming squares again?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Lafayette.
(c) Marshal Ney.
(d) Kellerman.

5. What order does Sharpe refuse to take to Halkett?
(a) That Halkett move East one mile.
(b) That Halkett stay in place in his square.
(c) That Halkett's men form a line.
(d) That Halkett retreat.

6. Who is Lord John Rossendale?
(a) The Duchess's husband.
(b) A cavalry officer of the British Life Guards.
(c) The commander of the riflemen facing the Dragoons.
(d) The Duchess's brother.

7. What is the horseman attempting to do?
(a) Desert his post.
(b) Get close enough to Napoleon to assassinate him.
(c) Inform the allied headquarters if the French have indeed entered Belgium in force.
(d) Be accepted into the French ranks in order to spy.

8. Why is the Prince of Orange enraged?
(a) Because the Duke of Wellington snubs him.
(b) Because his infantry collapse on the first attack and his cavalry is routed by the French lancers.
(c) Because he thinks he should lead a charge against the Cuirassiers.
(d) Because his reserve war horse has also been killed.

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

10. What persists towards the East from where Sharpe and Harper are?
(a) Grass fires.
(b) The sounds of battle between the Prussians and French.
(c) Flocks of crows and ravens circling.
(d) A heavy fog.

11. What is the Duchess of Richmond preparing to give?
(a) A report of the French invasion to the Belgium king.
(b) A sumptuous ball in a large rented house.
(c) A dinner party.
(d) A recital.

12. Who is with Sharpe when he joins the Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras?
(a) Patrick Harper.
(b) The Prince of Wales.
(c) The 110th Rifle Brigade.
(d) Rossendale.

13. Upon whose staff is the horseman?
(a) The Prince of Orange.
(b) No one's.
(c) The Prince of Belgium.
(d) The Prince of Wales.

14. What month of the year is it when the story opens?
(a) April.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) September.

15. Where is the lone horseman approaching at the opening of chapter 3?
(a) Brussels.
(b) Sambre.
(c) Paris.
(d) Charleroi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Duke of Wellington treat the Prince of Orange?

2. Who is the horseman identified as?

3. What happens to Saxe-Weimar's men?

4. What stops the cavalry advance of the Prince of Orange?

5. How is the horseman dressed?

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