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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hakeswill do with the man who has money taped to his chest?
(a) Trade a bandage for the money.
(b) Promise to contact the man's family for the money.
(c) Knocks him out and takes the money.
(d) Kills him and takes the money.

3. What has Tippoo ordered to be placed between the inner and outer city walls?
(a) A massive black powder mine.
(b) Captured British cannons.
(c) Artillery.
(d) Thousands of infantry troops.

4. How did the enemy officer die that Sharpe is searching?
(a) Sharpe put his bayonet through the heart.
(b) A musket ball in the heart.
(c) He was kicked in the head by a horse.
(d) He bayoneted him in the throat.

5. Why is Hakeswill thinking about Mary Bickerstaff?
(a) She bandaged a wound of his.
(b) She has offered him money to take her home.
(c) He wants Sharpe to marry her.
(d) He is interested in her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sharpe contemplating at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. Who was Mary's dead husband?

3. Where does Sharpe find money on the officer he is searching?

4. What type of weapon is Hakeswill carrying?

5. Why does Hakeswill argue with Sharpe about Mary?

(see the answer key)

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