2. What does Tippoo order his jettis to do?
(a) Spy on Sharpe.
(b) Demonstrate how to kill without using their hands.
(c) Demonstrate their ancient art.
(d) Kill the British prisoners.

3. What does Lawford say about the rockets on the city walls?
(a) They can do little harm.
(b) Deadly and extremely accurate.
(c) Deadly but inaccurate.
(d) They are harmless and very inaccurate.

4. What does McCandless decide to teach Sharpe?
(a) To read and write.
(b) To fence.
(c) To play chess.
(d) To play stones.

5. What group never lacks for volunteers?
(a) The sappers.
(b) The 34th Cavalry.
(c) The Forlorn Hopes.
(d) The Gurkhas.

6. What do Rao's men find at the dungeon?
(a) A shell has fell on it.
(b) It is unguarded but locked.
(c) It is empty.
(d) It is partially flooded.

7. Where do the British open fire?
(a) At the front gates.
(b) At the Southern wall.
(c) They have not yet opened fire as they are waiting for a parley.
(d) On the walls to either side where they plan to breach the city.

8. What do the British troops do at the end of this chapter?
(a) File into the network of trenches.
(b) Eat a hearty meal.
(c) Sit and wait in formation.
(d) Write letters home.

9. What does Tippoo have his jettis do?
(a) Execute criminals.
(b) Guard his family.
(c) Torture soldiers for information.
(d) Execute traitors.

10. Who are the Forlorn Hopes?
(a) The gurkhas who are fighting with the British.
(b) The cavalry who will not be useful in this fight.
(c) The prisoners of Tippoo.
(d) The first wave of soldiers to enter a breach.

11. Where does Sharpe take Lawford?
(a) To a tavern.
(b) To the armory.
(c) No where.
(d) To the infirmary.

12. Where will all the British cannons be concentrated once the enemy's cannons are taken out where the British plan to enter the city?
(a) In the front as a diversion.
(b) They have not decided yet.
(c) Where they need to open up a wall.
(d) They will probably not fire anymore since they have limited ammunition.

13. Who orders Sharpe to ride out towards the British?
(a) Hakewill.
(b) Rao.
(c) Lawford.
(d) Gudin.

14. What does Rao give Mary?
(a) A loaded pistol.
(b) Money.
(c) A knife.
(d) A letter stating she is innocent.

15. Who do three jettis confront?
(a) Hakeswell back in his cell.
(b) The Forlorn Hopes.
(c) No one; they are buried under the debris of the dungeon's collapse.
(d) The escaping prisoners.