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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe talk about with another soldier in Chapter 1?
(a) The hot climate.
(b) Returning to England.
(c) The number of dead soldiers.
(d) Sergeant Hakeswill.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What do McCandless and his Indian escort run into on his way back to the British army?
(a) A rampaging elephant.
(b) A force of Tippoo's cavalry.
(c) Some Tippoo infantry.
(d) The Frenchman, Gudin.

10. About what are Sharpe and Lawson questioned?
(a) The reason for their desertion.
(b) How many British troops are assigned to each squad.
(c) If they will give their fealty.
(d) Why they would desert when they have the upper hand.

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

12. What does Lieutenant Lawford suggest?
(a) Sending Hakeswill.
(b) Posing as a deserter to get into the city.
(c) Having Ravi Shekhar do the job.
(d) Sending Sharpe and Mary.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many volleys do the British fire before charging Tippoo's troops?

2. How does Sharpe feel about Mary's suggestion?

3. Who argues that Sharpe is the best person for the job?

4. What does Tippoo use to execute two men?

5. Who is watching Sharpe and Mary talk?

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