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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where is the last time Carline saw Lt. Col. Girdwood?
(a) Three days ago.
(b) Two weeks ago.
(c) About a year.
(d) Many months ago.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Girdwood ban from the group hunting Harper?
(a) Sabers.
(b) Axes.
(c) Bayonets.
(d) Any weapon but sabers.

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

11. What do Harper and Sharpe do later that night?
(a) Leave the city.
(b) Sleep off their liquor.
(c) Go looking for who hired the men that followed Sharpe.
(d) Go pay a visit to Lord Fenner.

12. With whom do Harper and Shapre meet up?
(a) Sergeant Horatio Havercamp.
(b) Maggie Joyce.
(c) Paddy O'Keefe.
(d) Lord Fenner.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Patrick Harper?

2. What does the person that Maggie Joyce sends give Sharpe?

3. What does Sharpe trust to Maggie?

4. What does one of the men following Sharpe tell him?

5. What battle is Sharpe asked to describe?

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