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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the deserters locked?
(a) In the guard house.
(b) In the dungeon.
(c) In the mayor's house.
(d) They are not locked up since they are given parole.

2. What is chained in the courtyard where McCandless is standing?
(a) Four elephants.
(b) Six large tigers.
(c) Ten Indian slaves.
(d) Two British officers.

3. What does Sharpe tell McCandless?
(a) That Sharpe is going to make McCandless' life miserable.
(b) That he is wants revenge on Gudin.
(c) That Sharpe is there on orders from Harris.
(d) That McCandless is lucky Sharpe is a poor shot.

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

5. What does Green give Sharpe to help with the flogging.
(a) A lot of rum.
(b) A leather strap to bite upon.
(c) Some laudanum.
(d) A bottle of whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hakeswill goad Sharpe into doing?

2. Under what circumstances may a British soldier strike a superior?

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

4. What does Major General Baird order?

5. What does Tippoo use to execute two men?

(see the answer key)

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