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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Day, Chapters 1 thru 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the horseman identified as?
(a) General Dornberg.
(b) The Duke of Wellington.
(c) Richard Sharpe.
(d) Harper.

2. Where does Sharpe go to report after engaging the French forces in a feint?
(a) Quartre Bras.
(b) He stays to keep track of the French army.
(c) Brussels.
(d) The Prince of Orange's headquarters.

3. 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) Like an English officer's hat.
(d) It shows the scarlet, gold, and black cockade of the Netherlands.

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

5. Upon whose staff is the horseman?
(a) No one's.
(b) The Prince of Belgium.
(c) The Prince of Wales.
(d) The Prince of Orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe do before returning to Quartre Bras?

2. What month of the year is it when the story opens?

3. What must Sharpe do by the Prince of Orange's orders?

4. Who accompanies Sharpe to Quatre Bras?

5. Why might Sharpe not come to the Duchess's home?

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