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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has been determined about the second battalion of which Sharpe is a part?
(a) It will receive a unit citation.
(b) It needs a rotation home.
(c) It is not combat effective.
(d) It needs to release about 10 percent of its men who have fulfilled their contract.

2. In what are the men on the island initially drilled?
(a) Parade and marching.
(b) Artillery.
(c) Sapper work.
(d) Rifles and bayonets.

3. What does one of the men following Sharpe tell him?
(a) That he was hired by Sharpe's ex-wife to kill him.
(b) That he was supposed to just follow Sharpe.
(c) That he was hired by a soldier to kill Sharpe.
(d) The man refuses to talk.

4. Where do the men head eventually?
(a) Eaton.
(b) Essex.
(c) Charline.
(d) France.

5. What does Nairn think Sharpe should do?
(a) Accept a position as army liaision to Admiral Nelson.
(b) Investigate the second battalion.
(c) Accept a position as aide de camp to Wellington.
(d) Retire.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do Harper and Shapre meet up?

2. Who is Patrick Harper?

3. What does Harper and Sharpe deposit with official agents?

4. What does Sharpe decide to do?

5. Who is Lieutenant Colonel Girdwood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lord Fenner suggests should be done about the South Essex's trouble?

2. When Sharpe presented at the royal gala, how does Sharpe present himself and how does the Prince feel about Sharpe?

3. What does Sharpe think of the battle that ended immediately proceeding the start of this novel and how did the battle come out for the English?

4. With whom does Sharpe meet concerning the South Essex problems and what does he tell Sharpe?

5. What happens that makes Sharpe believe he can straighten out the problem with the second battalion?

6. Under what names do Sharpe and Harper enlist and who enlists with them?

7. Who is in charge of the training camp Havercamp takes them to and what is he like as a commander?

8. What happens when Sharpe asks the Prince about the second battalion?

9. Where do Harper and Sharpe go and why do they receive attention? How do Sharpe and Harper feel about the attention?

10. How does Harper feel about Marriott's punishment for escaping and what does he do, what happens to him and what does Sharpe assume?

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