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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nairn think Sharpe should do?
(a) Retire.
(b) Investigate the second battalion.
(c) Accept a position as army liaision to Admiral Nelson.
(d) Accept a position as aide de camp to Wellington.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a crowd gather at the end of the play?

2. What do Harper and Sharpe do later that night?

3. Upon whom is Sharpe invited to call?

4. Where does Harper go after the play?

5. Who does Girdwood hate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Sharpe meet Jane Gibbons when at Simmerson and what do they do?

2. When Sharpe presented at the royal gala, how does Sharpe present himself and how does the Prince feel about Sharpe?

3. What standard was at the royal gala and what did it have to do with Sharpe? What did the Prince have Sharpe do?

4. What does Sharpe give Maggie and why?

5. With whom does Sharpe meet concerning the South Essex problems and what does he tell Sharpe?

6. Of what units does the South Essex consist and what is the function of each of those units? What seems to be the problem with one of the units?

7. How does Sharpe rescue Harper?

8. What does Jane tell him about the system for the recruits there and what does she say she will do?

9. What happens that makes Sharpe believe he can straighten out the problem with the second battalion?

10. Where is Sharpe sent on a work party and what does he take the time to do?

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