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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 impedes the French cavalry from overtaking the British?
(a) Harrassment by the Belgium artillery.
(b) The muddy ground.
(c) Harrassment by the 110th Prussian cavalry.
(d) Harrassment by English sharpshooters.

2. What happens to Saxe-Weimar's men?
(a) They are the first to be slaughtered.
(b) They retreat in an orderly fashion.
(c) They surrender.
(d) They turncoat and join the French in attacking the Prince of Orange's troops.

3. How does Blucher's Prussian army fare the day before?
(a) Utterly destroyed.
(b) Defeated but not destroyed.
(c) Blucher is killed but the army is completely intact.
(d) Most of the Prussians deserted and are on their way home.

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

5. Why do the Prince of Orange's men refuse to follow him to attack the French cannon?
(a) The mastiffs are ringed around the cannons.
(b) There are several smaller cannons trained on them.
(c) A brigade of French light cavalry has appeared.
(d) They have to ride through a grass fire to get there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What premonition scares one of Sharpe's friends?

2. Who protects the British horse artillery?

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

4. What is the weather like as the British wait for Napoleon's army?

5. Who are the Cuirassiers?

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