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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe trust to Maggie?
(a) The bulk of his fortune.
(b) His sword and pistol.
(c) His plans.
(d) His young daughter.

2. Who does Sharpe meet that evening?
(a) The Dowager Queen.
(b) Anne Camoynes.
(c) Sir Drakeson.
(d) Lucy Basehall.

3. What does Harper do?
(a) Verbally abuses Lynch.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Tries to kill Lynch.
(d) Supports Lynch's decision because Marriott is a deserter.

4. Why is Marriott constantly beaten?
(a) He is Irish.
(b) He tries to assert his rights.
(c) He is lazy.
(d) He is slow witted.

5. What has been happening to the men who have been recruited for the second battalion?
(a) They are being sent to other battalions.
(b) They have not shown up at the depot.
(c) They are being shipped individually to France.
(d) They have been discharged because they weren't needed.

6. Who does Girdwood hate?
(a) Everyone.
(b) The Irish.
(c) The French.
(d) The Welsh.

7. What is the unit designation on the enlistment forms?
(a) The 2nd battalion of the 3rd rifle brigade.
(b) The 2nd battalion of the South Essex regiment.
(c) The 1st battalion of the 10th artillery brigade.
(d) It is blank.

8. What does Lynch do to Weller's dog?
(a) Feeds it scraps.
(b) Crushes it with his boot.
(c) Makes it leave the island.
(d) Throws it into the water to drown.

9. Where is the opening set?
(a) France.
(b) Near Brussels.
(c) Russia.
(d) Spain.

10. Why does Sharpe note about the medical certification of the recruits?
(a) It is not done by a magistrate.
(b) It is very lax.
(c) It is not done by the recruiting doctor, but rather by his assistant.
(d) It is very rigorous.

11. How does Jane react?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She tells Lynch.
(c) She immediately recognizes Sharpe.
(d) She screams.

12. What happens when Marriott speaks up about the dog?
(a) He is beaten.
(b) He is ignored.
(c) He is given latrine duty for a month.
(d) He is dismissed from the service.

13. What does Jane say she will leave in the boathouse?
(a) Food and money.
(b) A map.
(c) Her uncle's account books.
(d) A gun.

14. To whom does Girdwood hand over the new recruits?
(a) He takes charge of them himself.
(b) Sergeant Hooper.
(c) Sergeant John Lynch.
(d) Sergeant Weller.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has been determined about the second battalion of which Sharpe is a part?

2. Who does Sharpe encounter after speaking with Carline?

3. What is the play about that Sharpe and Harper attend?

4. What does Sharpe notice about the enlistment process?

5. What does Sharpe give Maggie?

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