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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 Duke of Orange.
(b) The Prince of Orange.
(c) The Prince of Wales.
(d) The Duke of York.

2. Who does Girdwood hate?
(a) The Welsh.
(b) The Irish.
(c) The French.
(d) Everyone.

3. What does Harper and Sharpe deposit with official agents?
(a) Some of the captured riches from LaFitte.
(b) Some of the captured riches from Waterloo.
(c) Some of the captured riches from Vitoria.
(d) Some of the captured riches from Brussels.

4. How many of the second battalion does Sharpe find?
(a) About half of the battalion.
(b) All 1,000 of the men.
(c) None.
(d) Three officers and a few enlisted men.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Girdwood decide to do about Harper?

2. Who escapes while Sharpe is talking with Jane?

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

4. Where are small detachments sent from time to time?

5. Where does Harper go after the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe think of the battle that ended immediately proceeding the start of this novel and how did the battle come out for the English?

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

3. When Sharpe presented at the royal gala, how does Sharpe present himself and how does the Prince feel about Sharpe?

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

5. Where is Sharpe sent on a work party and what does he take the time to do?

6. What does Jane tell him about the system for the recruits there and what does she say she will do?

7. What are Girdwood's orders concerning Harper and what does Harper do?

8. What does Anne tell Fenner and why?

9. Under what names do Sharpe and Harper enlist and who enlists with them?

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

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