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

2. About what is the Duke of Wellington worried?
(a) Getting back to England.
(b) His daughter's illness.
(c) His wife's pregnancy.
(d) The quality and numbers of his troops.

3. What abates the Prince of York's excitement?
(a) The Dragoons capture the Prince.
(b) The French change direction and the Prince's troops do not get to fight.
(c) The first French attack.
(d) His new warhorse is killed almost immediately.

4. Who does the Duke of Wellington hope will join his forces?
(a) The Dutch 42nd regiment of sharpshooters.
(b) The English 42nd regiment of riflemen.
(c) The Dutch 42nd regiment of cavalry.
(d) The Prussian army under Prince Blucher.

5. Who is Lord John Rossendale?
(a) The commander of the riflemen facing the Dragoons.
(b) The Duchess's husband.
(c) The Duchess's brother.
(d) A cavalry officer of the British Life Guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the horseman identified as?

2. From where do Harper and Sharpe withdraw?

3. Who does Sharpe wonder about atoning to for his insubordination?

4. What is one group that is part of the Duke of Wellington's troops?

5. Who loses all the ground he has captured?

(see the answer key)

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