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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jane promise Sharpe?
(a) To marry him.
(b) To set up a meeting with him and Fenner.
(c) To talk to Simmerson.
(d) To acquire the account books.

2. What happens with the officers when they realize the men are going to follow Sharpe?
(a) They arrest him.
(b) They split the camp into factions.
(c) They obey him.
(d) They quit.

3. Why does Lawford feel an obligation to Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe once saves his life.
(b) Sharpe once did a rather odious task for Lawford.
(c) Lawford's father is now married to Sharpe's mother.
(d) Lawford is married to Sharpe's sister.

4. What do Anne and Sharpe do after she tells him about Lawford?
(a) Go to confront Fenner.
(b) Have sex.
(c) Go to warn Harper.
(d) Go to confront Lawford.

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

6. What does the regimental paperwork seem to have?
(a) Missing accounts.
(b) The names of the men clearly recorded.
(c) Questionable omissions and irregularities.
(d) Everything in order.

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

8. In Chapter 18, what does Simmerson do with the two account books?
(a) Burns them.
(b) Erases them.
(c) Takes them to Fenner.
(d) Gives them to Jane to take to London.

9. What do Sharpe and his friends search?
(a) Simmerson's estate.
(b) The camp papers.
(c) Girdwood's personal belongings.
(d) The woods around Foulness.

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

11. At what is Sharpe unsuccessful?
(a) Convincing the Prince Regent about Simmerson when Sharpe meets with the Prince Regent.
(b) Convincing Jane to run off with him.
(c) Convincing Harper to return to their battalion.
(d) Gaining an interview with the Prince Regent.

12. What does Anne tell Sharpe he needs to accuse Fenner?
(a) Girdwood to cooperate.
(b) Two witnesses of good character.
(c) To be caught at Simmerson's estate.
(d) Documentary proof.

13. What happens to Girdwood after the assault?
(a) Nothing happens to him.
(b) He sent back to London.
(c) He is driven insane.
(d) He receives a commendation.

14. Who is William Lawford?
(a) A former commander of the South Essex.
(b) The Prince Regent's advisor.
(c) The Prince Regent's bodyguard.
(d) A man with whom Sharpe grew up on the streets.

15. What calms Fenner?
(a) Isabelle's assurance that Lawford has a good plan.
(b) Anne's assurance that Lawford has a good plan.
(c) Jane's assurance that Lawford has a good plan.
(d) Maggie Joyce's assurance that Lawford has a good plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane recount to Sharpe about herself?

2. Where does Sharpe believe there must be proof?

3. With whom does Lawford make a deal?

4. What is being organized in London as Fenner and Simmerson watch?

5. What is the first action of the first battalion after Sharpe returns?

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