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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Tippoo use to execute two men?
(a) Four horses.
(b) His tigers.
(c) His sword.
(d) His Jettis.

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

4. How many are in the British firing line they array against Tippoo's troops in Chapter 1?
(a) Four hundred.
(b) Seven hundred.
(c) A thousand.
(d) Two thousand.

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

6. Who did the preliminary questioning of McCandless?
(a) Gudin.
(b) General Pachimpu.
(c) The Havildar.
(d) Appah Rao.

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

8. What does Mary suggest Sharpe do?
(a) Take her into his tent to live.
(b) Get her pregnant so the army will let him marry her.
(c) Formally request to marry her.
(d) Desert the army and run away with her.

9. What do Sharpe and Mary talk about concerning the military?
(a) Whether he will take her back to England with the army.
(b) Him becoming a sergeant.
(c) When his enlistment term is over.
(d) Where is unit is heading next.

10. To what does Sharpe admit which adds to his credentials for the rescue job?
(a) Having knowledge of assassination techniques.
(b) Having been in a dungeon before.
(c) Knowing lock picking.
(d) Speaking the language.

11. Who is watching Sharpe and Mary talk?
(a) Sergeant Green.
(b) Lieutenant Lawford.
(c) Captain Morris.
(d) Hakeswill.

12. Where is McCandless taken?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Seringapatam.
(c) To a dungeon in New Delli.
(d) To the Rjah Particupam's palace.

13. What does McCandless say to Sharpe?
(a) That the British should not attempt to breach the west wall.
(b) That McCandless has already arranged his own rescue.
(c) That Tippoo has given the enemy information.
(d) That he doesn't want rescued by one such as Sharpe.

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

15. Who are Lawford and Sharpe suppose to contact in the city?
(a) Ravi Shekhar.
(b) Mary.
(c) Gudin.
(d) Appah Rao.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gudin suggest showing mercy to British prisoners is a good idea?

2. About what are Sharpe and Lawson questioned?

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

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

5. What does Hakeswill goad Sharpe into doing?

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