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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 has Wellington promised Blucher?
(a) To send the Prince of Orange back to the reserves.
(b) To have the Dragoons in rout by the end of the day.
(c) Wellington will come to Blucher's aid unless he himself is attacked at the crossroads.
(d) To lend him Sharpe if necessary.

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

3. What is the horseman attempting to do?
(a) Be accepted into the French ranks in order to spy.
(b) Get close enough to Napoleon to assassinate him.
(c) Inform the allied headquarters if the French have indeed entered Belgium in force.
(d) Desert his post.

4. What does Jane discover?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is dying.
(c) She is homesick for England.
(d) She truly loves Sharpe.

5. Why do the Belgian cavalry flee?
(a) They do not like the Prince of Orange.
(b) They are afraid to attack the more experienced French cavalry.
(c) They had belonged to the French cavalry the year previously.
(d) They secretly root for Napoleon's victory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Napoleon's campaign in Belgium?

2. How many men has Napoleon gathered to his army in 107 days?

3. How is the horseman dressed?

4. How does the Duke of Wellington treat the Prince of Orange?

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

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