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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of weapon is Hakeswill carrying?
(a) A knife and a pistol.
(b) A halberd.
(c) A sword.
(d) A musket and bayonet.

2. What does Gudin prefer for executions?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Beheading by axe.
(c) Firing squad.
(d) The guillotine.

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

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

5. What does Hakeswill attempt to do to Sharpe about his musket?
(a) Get him killed when it fires inaccurately.
(b) Entrap him into a flogging offense.
(c) Make him lose it when the strap breaks.
(d) Make Sharpe look foolish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sergeant Green tell Sharpe?

2. What has Tippoo ordered to be placed between the inner and outer city walls?

3. What does Gudin suggest about McCandless to Tippoo?

4. Why does Sharpe take control of the mission?

5. What do the officers think of Sharpe's ability to lie?

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