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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What forms the rear guard of the Duke of Wellington's army?
(a) The horse artillery and cavalry.
(b) The pikemen.
(c) The elite infantry.
(d) The sharpshooter brigade.

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

4. What does Sharpe do to Rossendale's sword?
(a) Breaks it in the fork of a tree.
(b) Stabs it upright into the ground.
(c) Stabs Rossendale's foot.
(d) Throws it into the heavy brush.

5. What does Rebecque give Sharpe?
(a) A written reprimand.
(b) Bread and cold lamb.
(c) A verbal lashing.
(d) A written commendation.

6. Where does the retreating British army take up its position.
(a) In the country near Staatsville.
(b) Near Brussels.
(c) Near Amsterdam.
(d) Just south of the village of Waterloo.

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

8. Where does the Prince of Orange assign Sharpe?
(a) To the right end of the line to watch for a French outflanking move.
(b) To the reserves.
(c) To the rearguard.
(d) In the front line of attack.

9. Who protects the British horse artillery?
(a) The Dragoons and Life Guards of the British Cavalry.
(b) No units are available to protect them.
(c) The British heavy cavalry.
(d) The Prussian infantry artillery.

10. What is a backdrop to the possibility of a battle in the morning?
(a) The sounds of cannons firing for alignment.
(b) The sound of sabers being sharpened.
(c) The menacing weather.
(d) The sound of men having bad dreams.

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

12. Who falls with the heavy cavalry?
(a) Lord Rossendale.
(b) Harper.
(c) Peter.
(d) The Prince of Orange.

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

14. With what are the British redcoats' canteens filled?
(a) Rum or gin.
(b) Water.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Medicinal tea.

15. Who does Sharpe think about in Brussels?
(a) No one.
(b) Jane.
(c) The Duke of Blucher.
(d) Lucille.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which men are posted to reinforce the garrison defending Hougoumont?

2. Who are the Voltiguers?

3. What is the weather like as the British wait for Napoleon's army?

4. What does Sharpe ponder also?

5. What happens to the farmland around Quatre Bras?

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