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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lord Simon Fenner?
(a) Secretary to Admirals Nelson and Leighton.
(b) The leader of the house of Lords.
(c) Secretary of the State of Readiness.
(d) Secretary of State at War.

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

3. Whose estate do the recruits pass?
(a) None.
(b) Sir Henry Simmerson.
(c) Sir Lord Nelson.
(d) Sir Walter Weston.

4. Who is Patrick Harper?
(a) An Irishman who is charged with treason.
(b) Sharpe's Sergeant Major.
(c) The Sergeant who dies in Sharpe's arms in the last conflict.
(d) Colonel Nairn's liaision to the 3rd Regiment.

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

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

7. Upon whom is Sharpe invited to call?
(a) The Prince of Wales.
(b) The Prince of Orange.
(c) The Duke of York.
(d) The Duke of Orange.

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

9. What battle is Sharpe asked to describe?
(a) Vitoria.
(b) Freire's Bridge.
(c) Waterloo.
(d) Brussels.

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

11. What is the recruiter like who they encounter?
(a) Businesslike.
(b) Likeable and persuasive.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Boorish.

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

13. To whom does Girdwood hand over the new recruits?
(a) Sergeant John Lynch.
(b) Sergeant Weller.
(c) Sergeant Hooper.
(d) He takes charge of them himself.

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

15. What did the owner of the bar teach Sharpe?
(a) How to read.
(b) How to spot a card cheat.
(c) How to survive on the streets.
(d) How to play whist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sharpe meet Jane Gibbons?

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

3. What is one thing the recruiter implies the army has?

4. Where are they recruits finally led?

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

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