2. What does Sharpe and the other recruits do for the next few days?
(a) Get outfitted and ready to ship to France.
(b) Drill and practice sword fighting.
(c) Lie around while the recruiter finishes getting his quota.
(d) March with the recruiter from town to town to enlist more men.

3. Who does Maggie Joyce send after Sharpe?
(a) An assassin.
(b) A young boy.
(c) A bouncer.
(d) A young girl.

4. Who is failing at his basic tasks?
(a) Lord Fenner.
(b) Captail d'Alembord.
(c) Colonel Nairn.
(d) Lieutenant Colonel Girdwood.

5. What has been determined about the second battalion of which Sharpe is a part?
(a) It will receive a unit citation.
(b) It needs a rotation home.
(c) It is not combat effective.
(d) It needs to release about 10 percent of its men who have fulfilled their contract.

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

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

8. Where do the men head eventually?
(a) Essex.
(b) Eaton.
(c) Charline.
(d) France.

9. What does Sharpe tell Jane?
(a) That her uncle is deeply involved in fraudulent practices.
(b) Why he is enlisted and how he plans to escape.
(c) That Harper is there with Sharpe.
(d) That he wants her to come with him.

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

11. What does a day's worth of recruiting yield?
(a) 12 men.
(b) 1 man.
(c) 3 men.
(d) 6 men.

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

13. What is the recruiter like who they encounter?
(a) Boorish.
(b) Businesslike.
(c) Likeable and persuasive.
(d) Hostile.

14. Why do Girdwood and Simmerson make such an effort to find escaped recruits?
(a) Because Girdwood and Simmerson are engaged in illegal activities and the recruit might report them.
(b) As an example to other recruits.
(c) They have paid a lot of money for their training and room and board.
(d) For practice in tracking.

15. What does Sharpe decide to let his enemies think?
(a) That he is dead.
(b) That he has returned to France.
(c) That he has fled to the United States.
(d) He does not care what his enemies think.