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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. Why is the Prince of Orange excited?
(a) He just got a new warhorse.
(b) He receives a letter from his father stating that he is receiving the title early to an estate he loves.
(c) He expects a great victory against the French.
(d) He has just become betrothed and wants a victory to impress his fiance.

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

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

4. What does Sharpe do to the pistol?
(a) Empties it and hands it back to Rossendale.
(b) Destroys it.
(c) Takes it and puts it in his own belt.
(d) Nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sharpe return to in chapter 12?

2. Who joins the fray who Sharpe and Harper recognize?

3. Where are the Prussians located?

4. What happens to Saxe-Weimar's men?

5. What order does Sharpe refuse to take to Halkett?

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