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

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

4. Why do McCandless and Sharpe pretend to be at odds?
(a) They do not pretend anything.
(b) So they can wrestle on the ground and pass information.
(c) To convince Gudin that they hate each other.
(d) It is no pretense as they do hate each other.

5. Why is the Frenchman Gudin with Tippoo?
(a) He has been taken captive.
(b) He believes in India independence.
(c) He is Tippoo's brother-in-law.
(d) He is an advisor from the French.

6. What is Sharpe contemplating at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Death.
(b) How much money he can find.
(c) He's thinking about women.
(d) Desertion.

7. What does Gudin prefer for executions?
(a) Firing squad.
(b) The guillotine.
(c) Beheading by axe.
(d) Hanging.

8. What type of weapon is Hakeswill carrying?
(a) A knife and a pistol.
(b) A halberd.
(c) A musket and bayonet.
(d) A sword.

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

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

11. For what is Hakeswill searching among the dead and dying troops?
(a) His brother.
(b) A new sword.
(c) Plunder.
(d) Intelligence information.

12. Why does Gudin suggest showing mercy to British prisoners is a good idea?
(a) So the British will do the same to Indian prisoners.
(b) So if the British win they won't charge Tippoo with war crimes.
(c) Because it makes Tippoo look like a good ruler.
(d) So that if Tippoo is killed he will face God easier.

13. How did the enemy officer die that Sharpe is searching?
(a) He was kicked in the head by a horse.
(b) Sharpe put his bayonet through the heart.
(c) He bayoneted him in the throat.
(d) A musket ball in the heart.

14. What do the officers decide that Lawford will pose as?
(a) A timid clerk.
(b) An ex-lieutenant who is now a private.
(c) A racketeer.
(d) A wronged officer.

15. Why is a doctor called for?
(a) To chekc the men for hidden weapons.
(b) To treat Sharpe's wounds.
(c) To treat the men for lice.
(d) To check the men for illness.