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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How might the pace of the Prussian Major who is taking news to Brussels be described?
(a) Rapid.
(b) Stalled.
(c) Slow through neccessity.
(d) Irresponsibly leisurely.

2. What happens to Saxe-Weimar's men?
(a) They are the first to be slaughtered.
(b) They retreat in an orderly fashion.
(c) They surrender.
(d) They turncoat and join the French in attacking the Prince of Orange's troops.

3. Why do the Prince of Orange's men refuse to follow him to attack the French cannon?
(a) A brigade of French light cavalry has appeared.
(b) The mastiffs are ringed around the cannons.
(c) They have to ride through a grass fire to get there.
(d) There are several smaller cannons trained on them.

4. What does the horseman's hat look like?
(a) It is dressed with a band with the Russian colors.
(b) Like it has been shot.
(c) It shows the scarlet, gold, and black cockade of the Netherlands.
(d) Like an English officer's hat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Duchess of Richmond preparing to give?

2. Who arrives at Quatre Bras with the British Light Cavalry?

3. Who is Prince William of Orange?

4. What does Sharpe order Doggett to do?

5. How many men has Napoleon gathered to his army in 107 days?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the actions in Chapter 7 show about the Prince of Orange and some of the other British officers?

2. To whom does Sharpe send a note when he encounters men from the German Legion and what is the response? Why does he respond that way?

3. What is used on the field of battle besides weapons and men and why?

4. What are some of the types of infantry attack used in the battle for Quatre Bras?

5. What is Bonaparte thinking about as he sits in his coach near where the French come into Belgium?

6. What actions of the Dutch-Belgium cavalry in Chapter 7 tell the reader about their ability? What impressions might their actions give?

7. What type of technical details are seen in Chapter 8?

8. Who is Sharpe's mother and in what wars has he fought? To whom is he attached now?

9. Why are the Dutch-Belgium troops unable to fight well?

10. Who does Sharpe encounter while escaping the crossroad area and what happens?

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