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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What accompanies the work parties that go off the island?

2. What does Jane say she will leave in the boathouse?

3. Who does Maggie Joyce send after Sharpe?

4. How many of the second battalion does Sharpe find?

5. What does Sharpe trust to Maggie?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Sharpe meet Jane Gibbons when at Simmerson and what do they 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 are a couple of irregularities Sharpe notices about the recruiting Havercamp is doing?

5. What happens when Marriott attempts to escape?

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

7. What does Anne tell Fenner and why?

8. Where do Harper and Sharpe go and why do they receive attention? How do Sharpe and Harper feel about the attention?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sharpe's Regiment is one book in a series of novels involving Richard Sharpe. Discuss the following.

1. What are two advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.

2. What is a disadvantage of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.

3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

Sharpe rather naively believes the situation with second battalion will be easily rectified simply by bringing it to the attention of the authorities. His initial plan is to simply lay the matter before the Prince of Wales and let that august person propose a solution.

1. Do you think it is conceivable that a man who has been in the military as long as Sharpe has could be so naive about political power? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own experience to support your answer.

2. Discuss what might be the similarities and differences between Sharpe's efforts and the efforts one might make in America today when trying to bring a wrong to the attention of a legislator or governor. Use examples from the text and your own experience to support your answer.

3. Discuss what you see are the similarities and differences between the politicians in Sharpe's Regiment and America today. Use examples from the text and your own experience to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

At the conclusion of a novel, most readers either consciously or unconsciously engage in processing the book and usually come to a conclusion as to whether they like the book or not. Discuss one of the following:

1. Would you consider Sharpe's Regiment a "good" book? Why or why not? Use examples to illustrate your stance.

2. What do you think are the elements of an outstanding novel? Analyze one of your favorite novels to see if those elements are present.

3. What are some reasons you might consider a novel a failure? Analyze a novel you think is a failure and see if those elements are in that novel.

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