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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose numbers are seriously depleted after the conflict?
(a) South Hampton Regiment.
(b) Dragoons.
(c) South Essex Regiment.
(d) The 10th Artillerty Brigade.

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

4. What has been happening to the men who have been recruited for the second battalion?
(a) They are being sent to other battalions.
(b) They have not shown up at the depot.
(c) They are being shipped individually to France.
(d) They have been discharged because they weren't needed.

5. What does Sharpe observe while he is off the island?
(a) The lay of the land and the paths of the water-filled channels.
(b) The island's defenses.
(c) Where recruits are sent.
(d) Who seems to be in charge over Girdwood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nairn suggest that outrages Sharpe?

2. What does Sharpe do for a diversion?

3. What does Sharpe give Maggie?

4. What does the person that Maggie Joyce sends give Sharpe?

5. Where are they recruits finally led?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sharpe walk to a poor rookery? What is Sharpe's connection to it?

2. With whom does Sharpe meet concerning the South Essex problems and what does he tell Sharpe?

3. What happens that makes Sharpe believe he can straighten out the problem with the second battalion?

4. Of what units does the South Essex consist and what is the function of each of those units? What seems to be the problem with one of the units?

5. What does Sharpe wonder about as far as Simmerson's involvement with the second battalion? What is Sharpe's relation to Jane Gibbons?

6. What does Sharpe decide is the best course of action following his encounter in the city? How do he and Harper live?

7. What does Lord Fenner suggests should be done about the South Essex's trouble?

8. What does Sergeant Carew at the second battalion depot tell Sharpe?

9. What does Sharpe give Maggie and why?

10. How were the recruits trained initially and what other work did they do?

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