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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. Where do Sharpe and Harper watch the attack by the French skirmishers?
(a) On the ridge to the south of the Prince of Orange's forces.
(b) They stay in the barn.
(c) On the ridge to the north of a farmhouse.
(d) In a field next to the fortified farm.

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

3. What is the use for the cobbled road?
(a) To move reinforcements out of sight.
(b) There is no planned use for it.
(c) To be able to hear the advance of Napoleon's army.
(d) For a fast retreat if necessary.

4. What are the British gunners firing from the ridge?
(a) Long-range rifles.
(b) Solid, 25 pound cannons.
(c) Howitzers with the new shrapnel shells.
(d) Flaming arrows from lit tar pits.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wears black bearskins?

2. What happens sometime during the night?

3. Who falls with the heavy cavalry?

4. Where is Wellington preparing for battle?

5. Where does Sharpe meet Harper?

Short Essay Questions

1. What charge of heavy cavalry is described in Chapter 15 and what two roles do the horses have?

2. What is a major failure on the French part that leads to their ultimate defeat?

3. What explanations about British firing techniques are described in great detail in chapter 15?

4. What happens to the British Heavy Cavalry unit with which John Rossendale is riding?

5. Describe the area where the retreating British army takes up a position in Chapter 10.

6. How does the author fit in a depiction of the Allied Forces in Chapter 13?

7. What does the author's placement of Sharpe in Chapter 14 do as a narrative device?

8. What is it about the British muskets that proves the beginning of the French's downfall?

9. What does Sharpe tell Rossendale during their encounter in the woods?

10. What gross error in judgment and orders did the Prince of Orange make in Chapter 15?

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