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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Girdwood and Simmerson make such an effort to find escaped recruits?
(a) For practice in tracking.
(b) They have paid a lot of money for their training and room and board.
(c) As an example to other recruits.
(d) Because Girdwood and Simmerson are engaged in illegal activities and the recruit might report them.

2. What does the person who is asked about the second battalion say?
(a) The training grounds have moved.
(b) The battalion is on its way to France at the moment.
(c) He will look into the matter.
(d) He is not responsible for those type of matters.

3. Who is Jane Gibbons?
(a) Sharpe's sister.
(b) Harper's sister.
(c) A camp follower.
(d) A ward of the former commanding officer of the South Essex.

4. What does Sharpe tell Jane?
(a) That Harper is there with Sharpe.
(b) That he wants her to come with him.
(c) Why he is enlisted and how he plans to escape.
(d) That her uncle is deeply involved in fraudulent practices.

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

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

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

8. Who, along with Harper, enjoys the crowds?
(a) Sharpe.
(b) Maggie Joyce.
(c) Isabelle.
(d) Anne.

9. Who is presented as slightly confused but enthusiastic about military matters?
(a) The Duke of York.
(b) The Duke of Orange.
(c) The Prince of Wales.
(d) The Prince of Orange.

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

11. 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 at Dover.
(d) To the docks in Binghampton.

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

13. Who has Simmerson promised Jane's hand in marriage?
(a) Lynch.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Lord Smithwood.
(d) Girdwood.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sharpe do for a diversion?

3. Who escapes while Sharpe is talking with Jane?

4. Where do the men head eventually?

5. What is odd about Chelmsford?

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