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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Third Day, Chapters, 10 thru 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Prince of Orange do to cover his embarrassment from the previous day?
(a) Asks Sharpe about the encounter with Lord Rossendale.
(b) Makes an exaggerated analysis of the allied lines.
(c) Blusters his way through planning his army's assignment.
(d) Says the knock on his head addled his brains.

2. What premonition scares one of Sharpe's friends?
(a) That the friend will turn coward and run.
(b) That he will die soon.
(c) That Sharpe will do something important in the upcoming battle but will be killed.
(d) That Napoleon will be defeated here.

3. What does Bonaparte consider the enemy to be?
(a) Greatly outnumbered.
(b) English scum and their Prussian hirelings.
(c) Incompetent.
(d) Highly trained.

4. Where does the retreating British army take up its position.
(a) In the country near Staatsville.
(b) Just south of the village of Waterloo.
(c) Near Brussels.
(d) Near Amsterdam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives to drive off the French skirmishers?

2. Upon what does Rebecque give up?

3. Who is Prince William of Orange?

4. Who does the Duke of Wellington hope will join his forces?

5. What happens to the 69th battalion?

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