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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What had Sharpe been hoping to do after encountering Hakeswill?
(a) Escape back to England.
(b) Slip through to see Harris.
(c) Sneak in and kill Gudin.
(d) Sneak in and free McCandless.

4. Where does Sharpe go after hearing someone respond to his yelling?
(a) Towards the command tents of the British.
(b) Back to the city.
(c) Up river.
(d) Into the woods.

5. Where does Rao and McCandless determine is a place where the British should not attack Tippoo's city?
(a) By the eastern gate.
(b) Through the main gates.
(c) At the tower on the north.
(d) At the western wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe have to prove to win his court-martial case?

2. How many strokes did Sharpe get before the flogging was stopped?

3. Whose name does Sharpe yell out?

4. Why does Gudin suggest showing mercy to British prisoners is a good idea?

5. How long after Sharpe and Langford join the French do the British arrive?

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