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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe tell Lawford about the gunpowder in the musket he was to use to shoot McCandless?
(a) It was wet.
(b) It wasn't really gunpowder.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It was cut with too much sodium.

2. Why is the Frenchman Gudin with Tippoo?
(a) He believes in India independence.
(b) He is an advisor from the French.
(c) He has been taken captive.
(d) He is Tippoo's brother-in-law.

3. What connection does Rao have with Tippoo?
(a) He is a commander in his army.
(b) He is the general with overall command of Tippoo's army.
(c) He has no connection with Tippoo.
(d) He is Tippoo's advisor.

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

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

6. What does Sharpe have to prove to win his court-martial case?
(a) That Hakeswill hit him first.
(b) That Hakeswill was committing a capitol crime.
(c) That a captain and an ensign are lying.
(d) That Hakeswill shot at him.

7. Where does Sharpe find money on the officer he is searching?
(a) In his pants' pocket.
(b) An inside pocket in his jacket.
(c) In his turban.
(d) In his boot.

8. How did the enemy officer die that Sharpe is searching?
(a) A musket ball in the heart.
(b) He bayoneted him in the throat.
(c) He was kicked in the head by a horse.
(d) Sharpe put his bayonet through the heart.

9. What is Richard Sharpe's rank in Chapter 1?
(a) Private.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Captain.
(d) Corporal.

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

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

12. Under what circumstances may a British soldier strike a superior?
(a) None.
(b) When the superior is issuing an illegal order.
(c) When hit first.
(d) When caught in the act of rape.

13. Why would Lawford be deserting?
(a) He wants to marry Mary.
(b) He has been caught stealing.
(c) His family is from India.
(d) He is afraid of a flogging.

14. What kind of weapon does McCandless use?
(a) A musket and bayonet.
(b) A halberd.
(c) A rapier.
(d) A Scottish claymore.

15. What do Sharpe and Lawford do to show they are deserters?
(a) Turn their uniform jackets inside out.
(b) Wear white scarfs.
(c) Dye their pants black.
(d) Change into civilian clothes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of weapon is Hakeswill carrying?

3. What does Sharpe ask Wellesley about his status if he returns from the mission?

4. Who is Colonel Gudin?

5. What is chained in the courtyard where McCandless is standing?

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