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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of weapon does McCandless use?
(a) A Scottish claymore.
(b) A halberd.
(c) A musket and bayonet.
(d) A rapier.

2. Who halts Sharpe's flogging before it is finished?
(a) Captain Morris.
(b) Sergeant Green.
(c) Colonel Wellesley.
(d) General Harris.

3. What is nearly finished?
(a) The Muslim Ramadan.
(b) The cannon arrangements on the wall.
(c) The British emplacements.
(d) Tippoo's black-power mine.

4. What does Mary learn from the General's wife?
(a) How to properly wear a sari.
(b) How to embroider.
(c) How to bake pies.
(d) How to knit.

5. Why does Gudin suggest showing mercy to British prisoners is a good idea?
(a) So if the British win they won't charge Tippoo with war crimes.
(b) So the British will do the same to Indian prisoners.
(c) So that if Tippoo is killed he will face God easier.
(d) Because it makes Tippoo look like a good ruler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is the tripod Sharpe is tied to made?

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

3. Where does the British army establish camp?

4. What does Sergeant Green tell Sharpe?

5. How long after Sharpe and Langford join the French do the British arrive?

(see the answer key)

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