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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Sharpe and the other recruits do for the next few days?
(a) Get outfitted and ready to ship to France.
(b) Drill and practice sword fighting.
(c) Lie around while the recruiter finishes getting his quota.
(d) March with the recruiter from town to town to enlist more men.

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

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

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

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

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

12. In what are the men on the island initially drilled?
(a) Parade and marching.
(b) Sapper work.
(c) Rifles and bayonets.
(d) Artillery.

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

14. Who does Maggie Joyce send after Sharpe?
(a) An assassin.
(b) A young girl.
(c) A young boy.
(d) A bouncer.

15. What is odd about Chelmsford?
(a) It is all on fire.
(b) It is celebrating the end of the war a little prematurely.
(c) It is deserted.
(d) It is packed with hundreds of recruits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nairn suggest that outrages Sharpe?

2. Who is failing at his basic tasks?

3. What does Sharpe decide to do?

4. What has been determined about the second battalion of which Sharpe is a part?

5. Who does Sharpe encounter after speaking with Carline?

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