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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe think of the recent battle?
(a) It gives them a great advantage over the French.
(b) It was essential to winning the war against Napoleon.
(c) It is strategically insignificant and tactically pointless.
(d) Sharpe express no opinion about it.

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

3. In what is Sharpe tutored?
(a) How to address the Duke of Orange in French.
(b) How to answer any questions put forth to him.
(c) How to address the Prince Regent.
(d) How to use the different silverware at the state dinner.

4. What is Chelmsford?
(a) Where Sharpe is born.
(b) Where the last major battle of the Napoleonic War is fought.
(c) The depot of the second battalion.
(d) Where Patrick Harper was born.

5. Where is the second battalion of Sharpe's regiment?
(a) In England.
(b) Enroute from England.
(c) In Southern France.
(d) A thousand leagues north of their position.

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

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

8. What does Girdwood decide to do about Harper?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Hang him.
(c) Put him in stocks for a week.
(d) Hunt him like he is game.

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

10. For how many men is the second battalion drawing rations?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 700.
(c) 30.
(d) 1,000.

11. Where does Harper and Sharpe go?
(a) To kill Girdwood.
(b) To see Simmerson.
(c) Away from the camp.
(d) To kill Lynch.

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

13. What do Sharpe and Jane do?
(a) Have a private conversation.
(b) They talk after Sharpe stops her from screaming.
(c) They plan an escape.
(d) Nothing since she runs away.

14. What is one thing the recruiter implies the army has?
(a) Regular hours.
(b) Excellent room and board.
(c) Lots of free time.
(d) Good training programs.

15. Who owns the bar where Sharpe goes?
(a) Isabell Harper.
(b) Maggie Joyce.
(c) Anne Camoynes.
(d) Jessica Strong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are small detachments sent from time to time?

2. What is the recruiter like who they encounter?

3. With whom does Sharpe have a discussion about his regiment?

4. Who has Simmerson promised Jane's hand in marriage?

5. What does Girdwood ban from the group hunting Harper?

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