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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is the opening set?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) Near Brussels.
2. For how many men is the second battalion drawing rations?
(a) 30.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 700.
3. What does Sharpe do for a diversion?
(a) Starts a huge fire.
(b) Shoots out the windows of Girdwood's home.
(c) Kidnaps Jane.
(d) Gets the men to line up in attack formation.
4. What does Sharpe give Maggie?
(a) A 1,000 pounds.
(b) His will.
(c) A new diamond ring.
(d) The riches of Vitoria.
5. What is the play about that Sharpe and Harper attend?
(a) The battle at Waterloo.
(b) The battle of Brussels.
(c) The battle of Trafalgar.
(d) The battle of Vitoria.
6. Where are they recruits finally led?
(a) To a military base near London.
(b) To the docks in Binghampton.
(c) To the docks at Dover.
(d) To a large island accessed by a single bridge.
7. Where does Harper go after the play?
(a) An inn for many rounds of free drinks and soldier's bragging.
(b) To London.
(c) With Sharpe to start investigating the missing 2nd battalion.
(d) Home with his wife.
8. How does Girdwood wear his mustache?
(a) He has not mustache.
(b) Tarred.
(c) Long handlebars.
(d) Clipped short.
9. Who are Weller and Marriott?
(a) The Lord and his son over that village.
(b) The other 2 recruiters with whom Sharpe's group meets up.
(c) The Lord and his chatelaine over that village.
(d) Two men who sign up at the same time as Sharpe and Harper.
10. 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.
11. Why are Sharpe and Harper visiting small English towns?
(a) So they won't be recognized.
(b) Trying to recruit for the 1st battalion.
(c) Looking for the 2nd battalion recruiters.
(d) To check their defenses in case Napoleon carries out his threatened invasion.
12. Who is Patrick Harper?
(a) Colonel Nairn's liaision to the 3rd Regiment.
(b) Sharpe's Sergeant Major.
(c) The Sergeant who dies in Sharpe's arms in the last conflict.
(d) An Irishman who is charged with treason.
13. Who is summoned to account for the missing battalion recruits?
(a) No one.
(b) Girdwood.
(c) Lord Fenner.
(d) Harper.
14. Where do the men head eventually?
(a) Charline.
(b) France.
(c) Eaton.
(d) Essex.
15. What do Sharpe and Jane do?
(a) Have a private conversation.
(b) They talk after Sharpe stops her from screaming.
(c) Nothing since she runs away.
(d) They plan an escape.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Sharpe note about the medical certification of the recruits?
2. What does Harper do?
3. Who does Sharpe encounter after speaking with Carline?
4. What has been happening to the men who have been recruited for the second battalion?
5. Where does Harper and Sharpe go?
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