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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. Who is presented as slightly confused but enthusiastic about military matters?
(a) The Duke of York.
(b) The Duke of Orange.
(c) The Prince of Orange.
(d) The Prince of Wales.

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

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

4. Where is the second battalion of Sharpe's regiment?
(a) A thousand leagues north of their position.
(b) In England.
(c) In Southern France.
(d) Enroute from England.

5. Whose numbers are seriously depleted after the conflict?
(a) The 10th Artillerty Brigade.
(b) South Hampton Regiment.
(c) Dragoons.
(d) South Essex Regiment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who serves as a spy for Lord Fenner?

2. What does Harper and Sharpe deposit with official agents?

3. Who, along with Harper, enjoys the crowds?

4. What does Sharpe decide to let his enemies think?

5. What does Sharpe and the other recruits do for the next few days?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who travels with Sharpe to England and what do they find at the second battalion depot?

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

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

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

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

6. What do the recruits do for the next few days after Sharpe and Harper enlist and where are they taken?

7. Who is in charge of the training camp Havercamp takes them to and what is he like as a commander?

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

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

10. What happens when Marriott attempts to escape?

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