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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hakeswill challenge Sharpe while they are marching?
(a) For talking in the ranks.
(b) For his musket being carried on the wrong shoulder.
(c) For having blood on his bayonet.
(d) For marching out of step.

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

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

4. What does Hakeswill goad Sharpe into doing?
(a) Deserting.
(b) Hitting Captain Morris.
(c) Hitting Hakeswill.
(d) Marrying Mary.

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

6. What does Sharpe have to prove to win his court-martial case?
(a) That Hakeswill was committing a capitol crime.
(b) That a captain and an ensign are lying.
(c) That Hakeswill shot at him.
(d) That Hakeswill hit him first.

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What connection does Rao have with Tippoo?
(a) He is a commander in his army.
(b) He has no connection with Tippoo.
(c) He is Tippoo's advisor.
(d) He is the general with overall command of Tippoo's army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hakeswill do to Sharpe's musket?

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

3. Why does McCandless shoot his horse?

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

5. How many tigers are in the courtyard?

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