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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wellesley say about Sharpe?
(a) He will never come back.
(b) He is dishonest.
(c) He is the best man for the job.
(d) His punishment should be carried out.

2. What does Harris think of Sharpe going with Lawford?
(a) He likes the idea.
(b) He wants Green to go.
(c) He thinks it is not feasible.
(d) He doesn't trust Sharpe.

3. Of what is the tripod Sharpe is tied to made?
(a) Three small tree trunks.
(b) Three halberds.
(c) Three cavalry lances.
(d) He is tied to a flogging post.

4. What do the deserters notice about where they are taken?
(a) It is quite noisy.
(b) There are lots of civilians.
(c) It is highly fortified.
(d) It is almost deserted of soldiers.

5. Where is Mary directed to go?
(a) Work with Tippoo's officers in the house.
(b) No one cares to direct her to anything.
(c) Back to the British.
(d) To the kitchens to work.

6. Why is Sharpe fighting in India?
(a) To break resistance to British rule.
(b) The British have just invaded India.
(c) The British are trying to take Pakistan.
(d) The Indians have killed a British Duke.

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

8. What does Major General Baird order?
(a) That Lawford is to be shot in the upcoming battle.
(b) That several men try to rescue Mary.
(c) That Sharpe is to be taken alive in the upcoming battle.
(d) That Sharpe is to get promoted to officer status if he is successful.

9. What does Sharpe talk about with another soldier in Chapter 1?
(a) Returning to England.
(b) Sergeant Hakeswill.
(c) The hot climate.
(d) The number of dead soldiers.

10. What do the officers discuss back at the British encampment?
(a) If Lawford and Sharpe are still alive.
(b) Whether Lawford and Shapre were convincing as deserters.
(c) If Mary will be able to translate the French documents.
(d) The changes that have occurred since the departure of Shapre and Lawford.

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

12. Why does Sharpe take control of the mission?
(a) Lawford doesn't know the language.
(b) Lawford is supposed to be an officer.
(c) Sharpe is better at this type of mission.
(d) Lawford is supposed to be timid.

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

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

15. What do the other officers think of Lawford's idea?
(a) They are critical of it.
(b) They like it immediately.
(c) They laugh him out of the tent.
(d) They have small reservations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who halts Sharpe's flogging before it is finished?

2. What do Sharpe and Lawford do to show they are deserters?

3. Why is the city to where the British are moving important?

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

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

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