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

2. How does Jane react?
(a) She screams.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She immediately recognizes Sharpe.
(d) She tells Lynch.

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

4. Who has Simmerson promised Jane's hand in marriage?
(a) Sharpe.
(b) Girdwood.
(c) Lynch.
(d) Lord Smithwood.

5. What does Girdwood decide to do about Harper?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Hang him.
(c) Hunt him like he is game.
(d) Put him in stocks for a week.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose estate do the recruits pass?

3. What does Sharpe give Maggie?

4. What happens when Marriott speaks up about the dog?

5. What does Sharpe decide to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Sharpe decide is the best course of action following his encounter in the city? How do he and Harper live?

4. What is Havercamp like as a person, and what does he promise the recruits and how does he pay for the drinks he serves the recruits?

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

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

7. What does Sharpe think of the battle that ended immediately proceeding the start of this novel and how did the battle come out for the English?

8. What happens when Sharpe asks the Prince about the second battalion?

9. What are Girdwood's orders concerning Harper and what does Harper do?

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

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