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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Sharpe ask Wellesley about his status if he returns from the mission?
(a) If his conviction can be overturned.
(b) If he can be made a sergeant.
(c) If he can marry Mary.
(d) If he will be free to leave the army.

3. Why does Hakeswill leave Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe gives him some money.
(b) Sharpe punches him.
(c) Sharpe tells him he is going to kill him.
(d) Sharpe denies any interest in Mary.

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

5. Who is Colonel Gudin?
(a) A former British officer who is also a deserter.
(b) The officer who questions Sharpe and Lawford.
(c) A captured British officer.
(d) A captured Irish officer.

6. Who carries out Sharpe's flogging?
(a) Hakeswill.
(b) Captain Morris.
(c) Two drummer boys.
(d) Green.

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

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

9. Who would Sharpe ask permission to marry Mary if he wanted to do that?
(a) Captain Morris.
(b) Colonel Wellesley.
(c) Lieutenant Lawford.
(d) Sergeant Hakeswill.

10. What does Hakeswill do with the man who has money taped to his chest?
(a) Trade a bandage for the money.
(b) Promise to contact the man's family for the money.
(c) Kills him and takes the money.
(d) Knocks him out and takes the money.

11. Where do the lancers take the "deserters"?
(a) To the dungeon.
(b) Seringapatam.
(c) Towards Brest.
(d) Back to Harris' tent.

12. Why does McCandless shoot his horse?
(a) The horse stepped in a hole and broke its leg.
(b) So Tippoo couldn't add it to his cavalry.
(c) To use as a shield.
(d) It was fatally wounded.

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

14. To what unit is Sharpe assigned?
(a) Fourteenth Regiment.
(b) Fourth Battalion.
(c) Twenty-second Regiment.
(d) Thirty-third Regiment.

15. What is chained in the courtyard where McCandless is standing?
(a) Ten Indian slaves.
(b) Four elephants.
(c) Six large tigers.
(d) Two British officers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what is Sharpe sentenced at his court-martial?

3. To what does Sharpe admit which adds to his credentials for the rescue job?

4. Who does Mcandless tell to escape?

5. Why would Lawford be deserting?

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