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

2. How is Sharpe when he leaves Maggie Joyce?
(a) Wound up.
(b) Sick.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Drunk.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens just before Sharpe's Regiment opens?

2. How are the recruits documented?

3. What does the person that Maggie Joyce sends give Sharpe?

4. Who is failing at his basic tasks?

5. What does Sharpe observe while he is off the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nairn suggest Sharpe should do and why?

2. How were the recruits trained initially and what other work did they do?

3. What does Anne tell Fenner and why?

4. How does Sharpe rescue Harper?

5. What does Sharpe wonder about as far as Simmerson's involvement with the second battalion? What is Sharpe's relation to Jane Gibbons?

6. How does Harper feel about Marriott's punishment for escaping and what does he do, what happens to him and what does Sharpe assume?

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

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

9. What are a couple of irregularities Sharpe notices about the recruiting Havercamp is doing?

10. Why does Sharpe walk to a poor rookery? What is Sharpe's connection to it?

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