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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Sharpe share a cell?
(a) Hakeswell.
(b) Lawford and McCandless.
(c) No one.
(d) Mary.

2. Who is Colonel Gudin?
(a) A former British officer who is also a deserter.
(b) A captured Irish officer.
(c) The officer who questions Sharpe and Lawford.
(d) A captured British officer.

3. What are the officers discussing in General Harris's tent as Chapter 4 opens?
(a) Where to attack Tippoo next.
(b) How to break McCandless out of the dungeon.
(c) How to divide their forces.
(d) What to do about Hakeswill.

4. For what does Tippoo hope?
(a) That Sharpe really is on his side.
(b) A clear day for the attack.
(c) A parley with the British.
(d) An early monsoon rain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sharpe asked to do to prove his sincerity?

2. Where is McCandless taken?

3. What connection does Rao have with Tippoo?

4. Who fights the jettis?

5. Where does Rao and McCandless determine is a place where the British should not attack Tippoo's city?

(see the answer key)

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