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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sharpe go after hearing someone respond to his yelling?
(a) Back to the city.
(b) Up river.
(c) Towards the command tents of the British.
(d) Into the woods.

2. What does Sergeant Green tell Sharpe?
(a) He will do the flogging himself and go easy.
(b) He will ensure Mary is safe.
(c) He will appear the case.
(d) He will chose the smallest boys for the flogging.

3. What does Mary suggest Sharpe do?
(a) Take her into his tent to live.
(b) Formally request to marry her.
(c) Get her pregnant so the army will let him marry her.
(d) Desert the army and run away with her.

4. What does Tippoo use to execute two men?
(a) His Jettis.
(b) His sword.
(c) Four horses.
(d) His tigers.

5. How does Sharpe feel about Mary's suggestion?
(a) He does not think it would work.
(b) He is ambivalent about it.
(c) He thinks she will end up getting killed.
(d) He thinks it is a good idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who halts Sharpe's flogging before it is finished?

2. Who does Sharpe visit at Roa's house?

3. What does Sharpe have to prove to win his court-martial case?

4. Why is a doctor called for?

5. What does Sharpe observe at the west gate?

(see the answer key)

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