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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Havercamp promise loyalty to Sharpe?
(a) He hated being immoral.
(b) He knows the crimping scheme is finished.
(c) He is afraid of Sharpe.
(d) He feels sorry for the recruits.

2. What does Lawford want from Fenner?
(a) Money.
(b) A governmental promotion.
(c) Fenner's son to marry his daughter.
(d) Fenner's daughter to marry.

3. What will happen to the officers and men of the second battlalion?
(a) They will train at Chelmsford.
(b) They will be discharged from service.
(c) They will all receive one pay grade promotion.
(d) They will join the first battalion.

4. What is the first action of the first battalion after Sharpe returns?
(a) They march to their next assignment.
(b) They have a recruitment party.
(c) They build a bridge on the Thames River.
(d) They assault a strong French position.

5. To what country does the second battalion travel?
(a) Spain.
(b) America.
(c) France.
(d) Ireland.

6. How does Anne gain Fenner's attention?
(a) Giving him one of the ledger books.
(b) Slapping him in the face.
(c) Kissing Sharpe.
(d) Holding a knife to his throat.

7. What does Fenner tell his servant to do with the accounting books?
(a) Hide them.
(b) Burn them.
(c) Give them to Anne.
(d) Keep them for Fenner.

8. What do the men know about the military?
(a) How to track an enemy.
(b) The recruiter lied to them.
(c) Drill and parade marching.
(d) How to wear their uniform.

9. What is the first action Sharpe takes upon assuming command at Foulness?
(a) Reorganizes the command structure.
(b) Arrests Lynch.
(c) Promotes Weller.
(d) Kills Girdwood.

10. What has Jane done for Simemrson which gives her knowledge of the recruiting scheme?
(a) Write messages to Girdwood.
(b) Keep his books.
(c) Spy on Foulness Camp.
(d) Meet with Fenner.

11. What is the Prince Regent expected to do in a few days' time?
(a) Review a grand scale reenactment of the battle of Vitoria.
(b) Make a proclamation about the end of involuntary conscription.
(c) Announce the birth of his first child.
(d) Open his new palace for viewing.

12. How does Simmerson force Jane to work for him?
(a) Beats her.
(b) He threatened her family.
(c) She owes him money.
(d) He is blackmailing her.

13. What does Havercamp say is his take of the recruiting scheme?
(a) Fifteen pounds a month.
(b) Fifty pounds a month.
(c) Ten pounds a week.
(d) Five pounds a week.

14. What battle does the parade commemorate?
(a) The battle of Spartan.
(b) The Battle of Toulouse.
(c) The Battle of Orleans.
(d) The battle of Vitoria.

15. Who eavesdrops on the conversation between Fenner and Lawford?
(a) Anne.
(b) Jane.
(c) Isabelle.
(d) Maggie Joyce.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sharpe feel about Simmerson's treatment of Jane?

2. What does Jane promise Sharpe?

3. What does Sharpe tell Lawford?

4. Who is William Lawford?

5. What does Sharpe do as the men march?

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