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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. About what is the Duke of Wellington worried?
(a) His wife's pregnancy.
(b) Getting back to England.
(c) The quality and numbers of his troops.
(d) His daughter's illness.

2. Who is Baron Jean de Constant Rebecque?
(a) The Prince of Orange's chief of staff.
(b) The leader of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade.
(c) The Prince of Wales' chief of staff.
(d) Napoleon's chief of staff.

3. What do Harper and Sharpe contemplate?
(a) Whether to request reassignment to an English brigade.
(b) What they should do next.
(c) Whether to lodge an official complaint against the Prince of Orange.
(d) Whether to retire from the military.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How might the pace of the Prussian Major who is taking news to Brussels be described?

2. Why might Sharpe not come to the Duchess's home?

3. How do the British defend against the Cuirassiers?

4. What happens to the 69th battalion?

5. What abates the Prince of York's excitement?

(see the answer key)

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