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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who carries out Sharpe's flogging?
(a) Hakeswill.
(b) Green.
(c) Captain Morris.
(d) Two drummer boys.

2. What does Sharpe talk about with another soldier in Chapter 1?
(a) Returning to England.
(b) The number of dead soldiers.
(c) The hot climate.
(d) Sergeant Hakeswill.

3. What does Mary suggest Sharpe do?
(a) Formally request to marry her.
(b) Desert the army and run away with her.
(c) Take her into his tent to live.
(d) Get her pregnant so the army will let him marry her.

4. What does Hakeswill do to Sharpe's musket?
(a) Cut the strap almost all the way through.
(b) Bend the trigger.
(c) Scratch the inside of the barrel to throw off the aim.
(d) Replace the flint with an ordinary stone.

5. What does Hakeswill goad Sharpe into doing?
(a) Marrying Mary.
(b) Hitting Captain Morris.
(c) Deserting.
(d) Hitting Hakeswill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of weapon does McCandless use?

2. Of what is the tripod Sharpe is tied to made?

3. Who was Mary's dead husband?

4. What is the main reason the British win the battle against Tippoo in Chapter 1 so quickly?

5. For what is Hakeswill searching among the dead and dying troops?

(see the answer key)

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