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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sharpe ordered to do after reaching the British?
(a) Try to capture the General.
(b) Try to capture Harris.
(c) Issue confusing commands.
(d) Surrender.

2. What group never lacks for volunteers?
(a) The sappers.
(b) The Forlorn Hopes.
(c) The Gurkhas.
(d) The 34th Cavalry.

3. What are the British officers discussing at the opening of chapter 8?
(a) Whether Sharpe has truly become a traitor.
(b) Battle plans.
(c) Whether to send in shells knowing it may harm British prisoners.
(d) Whether to retreat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Sharpe pulls the trigger on the musket?

2. Who orders Sharpe to ride out towards the British?

3. What are the British doing in the woods?

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

5. What is Sharpe asked to do to prove his sincerity?

(see the answer key)

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