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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 McCandless wait for Appah Rao?
(a) In a tavern.
(b) By an old rajah estate.
(c) At a river ford.
(d) At an ancient temple.

2. What message did Sharpe want to give the British?
(a) To attack before noon the next day.
(b) Not to attack the West wall.
(c) To attack right after the sun rises in the east.
(d) To attack while the sun was low in the west.

3. Who would Sharpe ask permission to marry Mary if he wanted to do that?
(a) Colonel Wellesley.
(b) Sergeant Hakeswill.
(c) Captain Morris.
(d) Lieutenant Lawford.

4. Who are Lawford and Sharpe suppose to contact in the city?
(a) Gudin.
(b) Appah Rao.
(c) Mary.
(d) Ravi Shekhar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hakeswill argue with Sharpe about Mary?

2. What does Wellesley say about Sharpe?

3. Where does Sharpe go after hearing someone respond to his yelling?

4. Why does Tippoo give Sharpe something?

5. To what is Sharpe sentenced at his court-martial?

(see the answer key)

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