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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lawford say about the rockets on the city walls?
(a) Deadly but inaccurate.
(b) They can do little harm.
(c) They are harmless and very inaccurate.
(d) Deadly and extremely accurate.

2. For what does Tippoo hope?
(a) An early monsoon rain.
(b) That Sharpe really is on his side.
(c) A parley with the British.
(d) A clear day for the attack.

3. What does Sharpe discuss with Lawford and McCandless?
(a) The tiger.
(b) The British situation.
(c) The kegs of powder.
(d) The pile of rockets.

4. How many strokes did Sharpe get before the flogging was stopped?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Two hundred and one.
(d) Three hundred.

5. Who did the preliminary questioning of McCandless?
(a) Appah Rao.
(b) General Pachimpu.
(c) Gudin.
(d) The Havildar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what circumstances may a British soldier strike a superior?

2. Who does Hakeswell murder?

3. What is the greatest effect of the rockets?

4. What is nearly finished?

5. What does McCandless decide to teach Sharpe?

(see the answer key)

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