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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 one of the men following Sharpe tell him?
(a) The man refuses to talk.
(b) That he was hired by a soldier to kill Sharpe.
(c) That he was supposed to just follow Sharpe.
(d) That he was hired by Sharpe's ex-wife to kill him.

2. What does Sharpe decide to do?
(a) Decline the meeting with the nobleman.
(b) Return back to France immediately.
(c) Travel posthaste to London.
(d) Call upon the nobleman and ask for his assistance.

3. What does Harper do?
(a) Climbs a tree.
(b) Goes to ground in the mud.
(c) Refuses to participate.
(d) Runs.

4. Who is Sergeant Horatio Havercamp?
(a) Sharpe's best friend from when he was young.
(b) Patrick Harper's best friend.
(c) The second battalion's recruiter.
(d) One of the enlisted men at the train station.

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. In what are the men on the island initially drilled?

2. What does Sharpe trust to Maggie?

3. What does a day's worth of recruiting yield?

4. What does the person who is asked about the second battalion say?

5. Who does Sharpe encounter after speaking with Carline?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sharpe do about the men following him?

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

4. How does Sharpe rescue Harper?

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

6. What happens when Marriott attempts to escape?

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

8. What does Lord Fenner suggests should be done about the South Essex's trouble?

9. What does Sharpe give Maggie and why?

10. What does Anne tell Fenner and why?

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