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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are they recruits finally led?
(a) To the docks at Dover.
(b) To a military base near London.
(c) To a large island accessed by a single bridge.
(d) To the docks in Binghampton.

2. Who is summoned to account for the missing battalion recruits?
(a) Girdwood.
(b) Lord Fenner.
(c) No one.
(d) Harper.

3. What is odd about Chelmsford?
(a) It is deserted.
(b) It is celebrating the end of the war a little prematurely.
(c) It is packed with hundreds of recruits.
(d) It is all on fire.

4. Who does Maggie Joyce send after Sharpe?
(a) A young girl.
(b) A bouncer.
(c) A young boy.
(d) An assassin.

5. What seems likely about Sharpe and Jane?
(a) They feel strong affection for each other.
(b) They are like oil and water.
(c) They have been lovers.
(d) They come from similar backgrounds.

6. What does Lynch do to Marriott?
(a) Tongue lashes him.
(b) Murders him.
(c) Beats him.
(d) Gives him 30 lashes.

7. What does Sharpe do after leaving the state function?
(a) Go to sleep.
(b) Start off to find the 2nd battalion.
(c) Meet up with Lt. Col. Girdwood.
(d) Have a sexual liaision with a beautiful woman.

8. Why does a crowd gather at the end of the play?
(a) To pay homage to the king, who has made an appearance.
(b) To greet the Prince of Wales.
(c) To acknowledge Sharpe and Harper's attendance.
(d) To greet the Prince of Orange.

9. How is Sharpe when he leaves Maggie Joyce?
(a) Sick.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Drunk.
(d) Wound up.

10. Where do Harper and Sharpe go after several weeks on the island?
(a) Back to France.
(b) On leave.
(c) To bivouac.
(d) To clear weeds around the waterways of Simmerson's house.

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

12. What accompanies the work parties that go off the island?
(a) Simmerson.
(b) Girdwood.
(c) Unusually heavy guard.
(d) Lynch.

13. From where is the recruiter reimbursed for the costs of the drinks he buys potential recruits?
(a) The recruits' enlistment bonus payments.
(b) He takes it out of his own pocket.
(c) Lord Fenner.
(d) A special recruiting fund.

14. Who is deeply in debt to Lord Fenner?
(a) Anne Camoynes.
(b) Patrick Harper.
(c) Maggie Joyce.
(d) John Weldon.

15. How do Harper and Sharpe make their way through the countryside?
(a) Poaching and doing odd jobs.
(b) Borrowing from a governement secret agent.
(c) Incognito as nobles.
(d) On money from their prize catch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What battle is Sharpe asked to describe?

2. What did the owner of the bar teach Sharpe?

3. What does Harper do?

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

5. With whom do Harper and Shapre meet up?

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