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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe notice about the enlistment process?
(a) There are a few minor irregularities.
(b) It is sloppy but basically by the book.
(c) It is quite professional.
(d) It is totally irregular and fraudulent.

2. How is Sharpe when he leaves Maggie Joyce?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Sick.
(d) Wound up.

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

4. Where is the opening set?
(a) Near Brussels.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Russia.

5. Who is Lieutenant Colonel Girdwood?
(a) The aide de camp to Cornwallis.
(b) The second battalion's commander.
(c) The aide de camp to Prince of Orange.
(d) The first battalion's commander.

6. What happens when Marriott speaks up about the dog?
(a) He is given latrine duty for a month.
(b) He is ignored.
(c) He is beaten.
(d) He is dismissed from the service.

7. Whose estate do the recruits pass?
(a) Sir Henry Simmerson.
(b) Sir Lord Nelson.
(c) Sir Walter Weston.
(d) None.

8. Where do Harper and Sharpe go after several weeks on the island?
(a) Back to France.
(b) To bivouac.
(c) On leave.
(d) To clear weeds around the waterways of Simmerson's house.

9. Who is Jane Gibbons?
(a) A camp follower.
(b) Harper's sister.
(c) Sharpe's sister.
(d) A ward of the former commanding officer of the South Essex.

10. What does Harper and Sharpe capture in the battle Sharpe is describing?
(a) Napoleon's nephew.
(b) General Lafitte.
(c) A French Imperial Eagle.
(d) The commander of the Dragoons.

11. What does Sharpe decide to do?
(a) Call upon the nobleman and ask for his assistance.
(b) Return back to France immediately.
(c) Decline the meeting with the nobleman.
(d) Travel posthaste to London.

12. What is the month and year at the opening of Sharpe's Regiment?
(a) June, 1824.
(b) December, 1824.
(c) December, 1814.
(d) June, 1813.

13. Upon whom is Sharpe invited to call?
(a) The Prince of Orange.
(b) The Duke of Orange.
(c) The Prince of Wales.
(d) The Duke of York.

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

15. What does Sharpe trust to Maggie?
(a) The bulk of his fortune.
(b) His young daughter.
(c) His sword and pistol.
(d) His plans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a day's worth of recruiting yield?

2. Where does Harper go after the play?

3. How does Girdwood wear his mustache?

4. What is one thing the recruiter implies the army has?

5. For how many men is the second battalion drawing rations?

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