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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the second battalion does Sharpe find?
(a) About half of the battalion.
(b) Three officers and a few enlisted men.
(c) All 1,000 of the men.
(d) None.

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

3. What does Sharpe observe while he is off the island?
(a) Who seems to be in charge over Girdwood.
(b) The island's defenses.
(c) Where recruits are sent.
(d) The lay of the land and the paths of the water-filled channels.

4. Who escapes while Sharpe is talking with Jane?
(a) Harper.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Merrel.
(d) Marriott.

5. In what condition is Marriott found?
(a) Excellent.
(b) Dead.
(c) Severely beaten.
(d) Exhausted and half-drowned.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does Nairn suggest that outrages Sharpe?
(a) That Sharpe become a spy in Paris.
(b) That Sharpe's men be given early releases and the unit disbanded.
(c) That Sharpe's men were playing it safe in the last battle.
(d) That the men of the first battalion be dispersed.

12. What is the play about that Sharpe and Harper attend?
(a) The battle of Trafalgar.
(b) The battle at Waterloo.
(c) The battle of Brussels.
(d) The battle of Vitoria.

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

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

15. Who serves as a spy for Lord Fenner?
(a) Maggie Joyce.
(b) Anne Camoynes.
(c) Isabelle Harper.
(d) Sharpe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Harper go after the play?

2. With whom do Harper and Shapre meet up?

3. What does Lynch do to Marriott?

4. From where is the recruiter reimbursed for the costs of the drinks he buys potential recruits?

5. What does the person who is asked about the second battalion say?

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