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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. Who accompanies Sharpe to Quatre Bras?
(a) A Belgium sharpshooter.
(b) No one.
(c) A civilian guide.
(d) An eighteen-year-old, Lieutenant Simon Doggett.

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

3. What happens to the Dutch-Belgian guns and infantry?
(a) They are slaughtered almost to a man.
(b) They confuse their orders and are not where they are supposed to be.
(c) They are flanked and surrender.
(d) They leave the battlefield in a blind panic.

4. What dinner do Harper and Sharpe share?
(a) Roasted pig.
(b) Beef jerky.
(c) Roasted horse meat.
(d) Hard biscuits and dried pork.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Cuirassiers?

2. From where do Harper and Sharpe withdraw?

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

4. What does Sharpe order Doggett to do?

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

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