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

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

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

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

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

6. What nationality is Mary?
(a) Indian.
(b) French.
(c) Half French, half English.
(d) Half English, half Indian.

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

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

9. 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.

10. How does Sharpe feel about Mary's suggestion?
(a) He is ambivalent about it.
(b) He does not think it would work.
(c) He thinks she will end up getting killed.
(d) He thinks it is a good idea.

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

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

13. What does Sergeant Green tell Sharpe?
(a) He will appear the case.
(b) He will chose the smallest boys for the flogging.
(c) He will ensure Mary is safe.
(d) He will do the flogging himself and go easy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is watching Sharpe and Mary talk?

2. Who does Mcandless tell to escape?

3. Why does Sharpe take control of the mission?

4. What is the main reason the British win the battle against Tippoo in Chapter 1 so quickly?

5. What does Sharpe tell Lawford about the gunpowder in the musket he was to use to shoot McCandless?

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