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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what is Sharpe sentenced at his court-martial?
(a) One year in jail and one year wages fine and a flogging.
(b) Two thousand stroke flogging.
(c) Five hundred stroke flogging.
(d) Confinement in prison, a flogging and dishonorable discharge.

2. Of what is the tripod Sharpe is tied to made?
(a) Three cavalry lances.
(b) Three halberds.
(c) He is tied to a flogging post.
(d) Three small tree trunks.

3. To what unit is Sharpe assigned?
(a) Twenty-second Regiment.
(b) Thirty-third Regiment.
(c) Fourth Battalion.
(d) Fourteenth Regiment.

4. What is Richard Sharpe's rank in Chapter 1?
(a) Private.
(b) Corporal.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Captain.

5. How many are in the British firing line they array against Tippoo's troops in Chapter 1?
(a) Four hundred.
(b) A thousand.
(c) Seven hundred.
(d) Two thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other officers think of Lawford's idea?

2. What are the officers discussing in General Harris's tent as Chapter 4 opens?

3. What does Hakeswill do with the man who has money taped to his chest?

4. Who did the preliminary questioning of McCandless?

5. What do Sharpe and Lawford do to show they are deserters?

(see the answer key)

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