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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. For how many men is the second battalion drawing rations?
(a) 30.
(b) 700.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 1,000.

2. What does Sharpe give Maggie?
(a) His will.
(b) A 1,000 pounds.
(c) A new diamond ring.
(d) The riches of Vitoria.

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

4. How does Girdwood wear his mustache?
(a) Long handlebars.
(b) He has not mustache.
(c) Tarred.
(d) Clipped short.

5. Who are Dick Vaughn and Paddy O'Keefe?
(a) Two corporals with the recruiter.
(b) The aliases Sharpe and Harper assume as recruits.
(c) Two men who refuse to sign up at the last moment.
(d) Two highway brigands who try to accost Harper and Sharpe.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Girdwood hand over the new recruits?

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

3. Where is the opening set?

4. Who has Simmerson promised Jane's hand in marriage?

5. Where is the second battalion of Sharpe's regiment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe John Lynch, the training sergeant and his particular dislike.

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

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

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