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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Third Day, Chapters, 10 thru 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Sharpe join?
(a) The Duke of Wellington.
(b) Peter d'Alembord at the bivouac of the Rifle Regiment.
(c) Lieutenant Simon Bloggett.
(d) The Prince of Orange.

3. What does Rebecque want of Sharpe?
(a) To take charge of a forward expedition.
(b) Rebecque wants Sharpe to make peace with the Prince.
(c) To lead a small group of soldiers for reconaissance.
(d) To be Rebecque's second in a duel.

4. 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 men having bad dreams.
(c) The menacing weather.
(d) The sound of sabers being sharpened.

5. What is Lucille most afraid of as she says goodbye to Sharpe?
(a) Having to go back to England unwed and pregnant if Sharpe dies.
(b) Rossendale taking out his hatred of Sharpe on Lucille.
(c) Sharpe getting killed.
(d) A British defeat and the French marching into Brussels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Prince William of Orange?

2. Who protects the British horse artillery?

3. What does Sharpe ponder also?

4. How are the French Dragoons received by the Belgium people?

5. What forms the rear guard of the Duke of Wellington's army?

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