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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does the battle start?
(a) A dozen French brigades screaming a battle cry.
(b) A clap of thunder.
(c) Eerie silence.
(d) A cannon duel.

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

3. Where do the French retreat?
(a) To Waterloo.
(b) To the south.
(c) To the west ridge.
(d) To the woods.

4. Who are the Voltiguers?
(a) The Prussian reserves.
(b) The French cavalry reserves.
(c) The Belgian reserves.
(d) French skirmishers.

5. Of what is Sharpe convinced?
(a) The west ridge is strong enough without any reserves.
(b) The west ridge will fall soon without reserves.
(c) The southern hills are set with an ambush.
(d) The men in the chateau are perfectly capable of holding the position.

6. What is the weather like as the British wait for Napoleon's army?
(a) Clear and warm.
(b) Overcast and about to rain.
(c) Driving rain and wind.
(d) Clear and very cold.

7. What premonition scares one of Sharpe's friends?
(a) That he will die soon.
(b) That Napoleon will be defeated here.
(c) That the friend will turn coward and run.
(d) That Sharpe will do something important in the upcoming battle but will be killed.

8. Who is Christopher Manvell?
(a) Rossendale's friend to whom he tells the truth.
(b) A spy for the British.
(c) Sharpe's second in command.
(d) The Duke of Wellington's valet.

9. What does Sharpe ask of Rossendale?
(a) A truce.
(b) To have Jane back.
(c) A promissory note.
(d) To not be such a coward.

10. Where does Sharpe return to in chapter 12?
(a) England.
(b) Brussels.
(c) His rifle brigade.
(d) The headquarters of his Royal Highness.

11. Who is in charge of the Prussian army?
(a) The Prince of Orange.
(b) Marshal Prince Blucher.
(c) The Duke of Wellington.
(d) General Hollenzoleren.

12. What large complexes are near where the British wait?
(a) Monasteries.
(b) Farms.
(c) Industries.
(d) Convents.

13. Upon what does the main French infantry advance?
(a) The Belgian infantry.
(b) The Belgian pikes.
(c) The ridge.
(d) The Prussian army's infantry.

14. Where is Wellington preparing for battle?
(a) South of the Prince of Orange.
(b) In the center between the Prussians and Belgians.
(c) On a pair of hills to the south of Waterloo.
(d) On the north ridge.

15. How are the British heavy cavalry defeated?
(a) They are overpowered by the Cuirassiers.
(b) They run up on hidden cannons.
(c) They run up on hidden light guns.
(d) They fail to listen to the bugle call to retreat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe do to the pistol?

2. Who rides with the British heavy cavalry?

3. What does Wellington order that his men keep?

4. What is a backdrop to the possibility of a battle in the morning?

5. How does Blucher's Prussian army fare the day before?

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