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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Why is the city to where the British are moving important?
(a) The king of India lives there.
(b) It is the largest population center in southern India.
(c) It is the center of most of the trade routes.
(d) It is the capitol of Mysore.

4. What does Harris think of Sharpe going with Lawford?
(a) He likes the idea.
(b) He wants Green to go.
(c) He thinks it is not feasible.
(d) He doesn't trust Sharpe.

5. How long did the battle just over in Chapter 1 last?
(a) A few minutes.
(b) Half an hour.
(c) All day.
(d) Four hours.

6. Where does McCandless wait for Appah Rao?
(a) In a tavern.
(b) At a river ford.
(c) At an ancient temple.
(d) By an old rajah estate.

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

8. Who was Mary's dead husband?
(a) A sergeant in the English army.
(b) A sergeant in the Indian army.
(c) An officer in the Indian army.
(d) A rice farmer.

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

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

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

12. Under what circumstances may a British soldier strike a superior?
(a) When caught in the act of rape.
(b) None.
(c) When the superior is issuing an illegal order.
(d) When hit first.

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

14. How many times has Sharpe seen action?
(a) Five times.
(b) Once.
(c) Three times.
(d) Twice.

15. Who does Mcandless tell to escape?
(a) His sergeant, McMasters.
(b) The Havildar.
(c) The Indian escort.
(d) Appah Rao.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tigers are in the courtyard?

2. What is Richard Sharpe's rank in Chapter 1?

3. What nationality is Mary?

4. What are Sharpe's orders when he returns to his unit?

5. What does Major General Baird order?

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