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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the French test their rockets?
(a) When the British are scouting the walls.
(b) When the British send in a large sortie.
(c) When a parley team arrives.
(d) They do not test them since they have very few of them.

2. How many strokes did Sharpe get before the flogging was stopped?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Two hundred and one.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Fifty.

3. For what is Hakeswill searching among the dead and dying troops?
(a) Intelligence information.
(b) His brother.
(c) Plunder.
(d) A new sword.

4. About how many troops does Tippoo have?
(a) 500.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 4, 000.
(d) 10,000.

5. What does Sharpe discuss with Lawford and McCandless?
(a) The tiger.
(b) The pile of rockets.
(c) The kegs of powder.
(d) The British situation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hakeswill thinking about Mary Bickerstaff?

2. Who argues that Sharpe is the best person for the job?

3. At whom is a volley of musket fire directed?

4. What do the British troops do at the end of this chapter?

5. Where does McCandless wait for Appah Rao?

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