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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does McCandless wait for Appah Rao?
(a) In a tavern.
(b) At an ancient temple.
(c) By an old rajah estate.
(d) At a river ford.

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

3. 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.

4. What is Sharpe contemplating at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) How much money he can find.
(b) Death.
(c) Desertion.
(d) He's thinking about women.

5. What is Sharpe asked to do to prove his sincerity?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Shoot McCandless.
(c) Kill Tippoo.
(d) Kill Lawford.

6. Who halts Sharpe's flogging before it is finished?
(a) Colonel Wellesley.
(b) General Harris.
(c) Sergeant Green.
(d) Captain Morris.

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

8. Why does Hakeswill argue with Sharpe about Mary?
(a) She wants to marry Hakeswill.
(b) He wants Sharpe out of the way so he can rape her.
(c) Sharpe won't marry her.
(d) He thinks Sharpe has romantic interests in her.

9. To where is the British army moving?
(a) Langstrom.
(b) Katmanpu.
(c) Delhi.
(d) Seringapatam.

10. To what is Sharpe sentenced at his court-martial?
(a) One year in jail and one year wages fine and a flogging.
(b) Confinement in prison, a flogging and dishonorable discharge.
(c) Two thousand stroke flogging.
(d) Five hundred stroke flogging.

11. What has Tippoo ordered to be placed between the inner and outer city walls?
(a) Artillery.
(b) A massive black powder mine.
(c) Captured British cannons.
(d) Thousands of infantry troops.

12. What are Sharpe's orders when he returns to his unit?
(a) Not to fight with Hakeswill.
(b) Not to get drunk that night.
(c) Not to go see Mary.
(d) Not to tell anyone about his mission.

13. Why is the city to where the British are moving important?
(a) It is the center of most of the trade routes.
(b) It is the largest population center in southern India.
(c) It is the capitol of Mysore.
(d) The king of India lives there.

14. What is the main reason the British win the battle against Tippoo in Chapter 1 so quickly?
(a) Tippoo doesn't use cavalry to reinforce his infantry.
(b) Tippoo's cavalry are mounted on very small horses.
(c) Tippoo's troops don't have muskets.
(d) The British out number him five to one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a doctor called for?

2. What does Mary suggest Sharpe do?

3. Who are Lawford and Sharpe suppose to contact in the city?

4. What do the deserters notice about where they are taken?

5. What does Sharpe talk about with another soldier in Chapter 1?

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