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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Forlorn Hopes so named?
(a) They are always so dour.
(b) They are always an optimistic group.
(c) No one knows.
(d) Their rate of survival is low.

2. Who does Rao rescue from the dungeon?
(a) Hakeswill.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Mary.
(d) McCandless.

3. Who fights the jettis?
(a) No one.
(b) General Rao's men.
(c) Sharpe.
(d) Hakeswill.

4. What is Sharpe's assessment of the British situation?
(a) Bad.
(b) Great.
(c) About usual for what they are trying to do.
(d) Uncertain.

5. Who is taken prisoner by Tippoo's forces?
(a) Harris.
(b) Littleton.
(c) Hakeswill.
(d) No one.

6. What does Lawford admire about Sharpe?
(a) His ability to relax in a stressful situation.
(b) His easy way with the harshness of the world.
(c) His desire to protect Mary.
(d) His ability to lie.

7. What is Tippoo watching?
(a) His tigers kill a British soldier.
(b) The British prepare for an attack.
(c) One of his jettis wrestle with a tiger.
(d) The torture of a British soldier by a jetti.

8. What had Sharpe been hoping to do after encountering Hakeswill?
(a) Escape back to England.
(b) Sneak in and kill Gudin.
(c) Sneak in and free McCandless.
(d) Slip through to see Harris.

9. Why does Rao give this to Mary?
(a) For protection.
(b) Because he believes she is innocent.
(c) So she can return to England.
(d) For suicide if needed.

10. With whom does Sharpe share a cell?
(a) Mary.
(b) Hakeswell.
(c) Lawford and McCandless.
(d) No one.

11. Who do Sharpe and Lawford join?
(a) Just Hakeswill.
(b) McCandless and Hakeswill.
(c) No one.
(d) Just McCandless.

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

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

14. Who is roaming the halls of the dungeon?
(a) Several jettis.
(b) A tiger.
(c) Hakeswill.
(d) No one.

15. Where does Sharpe go after hearing someone respond to his yelling?
(a) Towards the command tents of the British.
(b) Back to the city.
(c) Into the woods.
(d) Up river.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rockets does Sharpe think the French have?

2. Who does Hakeswell murder?

3. What is nearly finished?

4. What does Sharpe discover in the dungeon?

5. What would happen if all the rockets went off at once?

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