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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. What does the British army dig?
(a) A clean well.
(b) A moat.
(c) Burial mounds.
(d) A network of zigzag trenches.

2. What are Tippoo's primary defenses?
(a) Sharpshooters.
(b) Pikemen.
(c) Lancers.
(d) Cannons mounted on the city walls.

3. What happens when Sharpe encounters Hakeswill?
(a) They begin to fight.
(b) Sharpe asks Hakeswill where Harris is.
(c) Sharpe gives Hakes will a rocket so the British can see what they're up against.
(d) They exchange information.

4. Who does Rao rescue from the dungeon?
(a) Hakeswill.
(b) Mary.
(c) McCandless.
(d) Sharpe.

5. What does Lawford admire about Sharpe?
(a) His desire to protect Mary.
(b) His ability to lie.
(c) His ability to relax in a stressful situation.
(d) His easy way with the harshness of the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is nearly finished?

2. What had Sharpe been hoping to do after encountering Hakeswill?

3. What does Tippoo do for the brave soldiers on his side?

4. What does Mary teach the General's children?

5. What do Rao's men find at the dungeon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sharpe get them out of the prison?

2. How does Sharpe take care of the black-powder mine?

3. What does Hakeswill do when it comes his turn to be killed?

4. What does Sharpe discover about the dungeon and about Hakeswill in the dungeon?

5. What do Lawford, McCandless and Sharpe discuss in their cell?

6. How does Tippoo entertain his troops and what does he plan to do with the British prisoners during the entertainment?

7. What does Sharpe say to Lawford about the rockets?

8. What do the British first do with their cannons to begin to breach Tippoo's wall?

9. How does Tippoo execute criminals and what does he do afterward?

10. What does a mill fort do for Tippoo's troops and what does the British do about the mill fort?

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