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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wellesley say about Sharpe?
(a) He is dishonest.
(b) He is the best man for the job.
(c) His punishment should be carried out.
(d) He will never come back.

2. Why is the Frenchman Gudin with Tippoo?
(a) He believes in India independence.
(b) He has been taken captive.
(c) He is Tippoo's brother-in-law.
(d) He is an advisor from the French.

3. Who is watching Sharpe and Mary talk?
(a) Hakeswill.
(b) Lieutenant Lawford.
(c) Sergeant Green.
(d) Captain Morris.

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

5. What do Sharpe and Lawford do to show they are deserters?
(a) Change into civilian clothes.
(b) Turn their uniform jackets inside out.
(c) Dye their pants black.
(d) Wear white scarfs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carries out Sharpe's flogging?

2. How did the enemy officer die that Sharpe is searching?

3. What is Richard Sharpe's rank in Chapter 1?

4. How many volleys do the British fire before charging Tippoo's troops?

5. Why does Hakeswill leave Sharpe?

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