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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is near Sharpe's discovery in the dungeon?
(a) Mary.
(b) Hakeswill.
(c) McCandless.
(d) Lawford.

2. Why does Tippoo give Sharpe something?
(a) To hold Sharpe's loyalty.
(b) To motivate Lawford.
(c) To make Gudin jealous.
(d) Because Sharpe is instrumental in the capture of a British squad of soldiers.

3. What does Sharpe tell Lawford about the gunpowder in the musket he was to use to shoot McCandless?
(a) It wasn't really gunpowder.
(b) It was wet.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It was cut with too much sodium.

4. What do the deserters notice about where they are taken?
(a) There are lots of civilians.
(b) It is highly fortified.
(c) It is almost deserted of soldiers.
(d) It is quite noisy.

5. Who do Sharpe and Lawford join?
(a) Just McCandless.
(b) No one.
(c) Just Hakeswill.
(d) McCandless and Hakeswill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sharpe and Mary talk about concerning the military?

2. Why does Sharpe take control of the mission?

3. How long did the battle just over in Chapter 1 last?

4. What do the British troops do at the end of this chapter?

5. What is nearly finished?

(see the answer key)

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