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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. How many of the Duke of Wellington's troops are reliable?
(a) Only about a quarter of them.
(b) About 2/3 of them.
(c) About half.
(d) Almost all of them.

2. How many men has Napoleon gathered to his army in 107 days?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 110,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 200,000.

3. What month of the year is it when the story opens?
(a) September.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) December.

4. What does the Duke of Wellington order the Prince of Orange to do?
(a) To return to his headquarters after the ball.
(b) To find Sharpe for questioning.
(c) To resign his position.
(d) To return to his headquarters immediately.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sharpe and Rebecque draft in Chapter 5?

2. Upon whose staff is the horseman?

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

4. Who accompanies Sharpe to Quatre Bras?

5. How is the horseman dressed?

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