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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Second Day, Chapters 7 thru 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe order Doggett to do?
(a) To go around to one side of the force as Sharpe goes to the other.
(b) To return to Quatre Bras to inform Saxe-Weimar.
(c) To disguise himself as a Belgium peasant.
(d) To get to Brussels to report to the Duke of Wellington.

2. What happens to the 69th battalion?
(a) It is completely destroyed.
(b) It captures Quatre Bras.
(c) It reforms with another battalion and they become the 72nd battalion.
(d) It regroups and marches towards Brussels.

3. Who is Lucille?
(a) Sharpe's sister-in-law.
(b) Sharpe's mistress.
(c) Sharpe's new wife.
(d) The Duchess of Richmond's handmaiden.

4. What must Sharpe do by the Prince of Orange's orders?
(a) Take a force of riflemen to flank the Dragoons.
(b) Stay with the Prince and not go out to the front lines.
(c) Attend a ball in Brussels and wear a Dutch uniform.
(d) Reconcile with Rossendale.

5. What order does Sharpe refuse to take to Halkett?
(a) That Halkett retreat.
(b) That Halkett move East one mile.
(c) That Halkett stay in place in his square.
(d) That Halkett's men form a line.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is with Sharpe when he joins the Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras?

2. How might the pace of the Prussian Major who is taking news to Brussels be described?

3. To whom is a note about the French advance delivered?

4. Who arrives to drive off the French skirmishers?

5. Where is Napoleon Bonaparte as the Dragoons cross into Belgium?

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