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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Sharpe and Mary discussing when Gudin arrives?
(a) Sharpe's decision to come behind enemy lines.
(b) Mary's decision not to marry Sharpe.
(c) Mary's decision to marry an enemy.
(d) Sharpe's decision to leave the army when his tour is up.

2. What happens while Sharpe and Hakeswill are interacting?
(a) A rocket explodes very near them.
(b) Hakeswill knocks Sharpe off his horse.
(c) A squad of British soldiers arrive.
(d) Sharpe knocks Hakeswill off his horse.

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

4. Why does Sharpe ignite the fuse of the mine?
(a) So to burn off the fuse so the mine cannot be lit.
(b) So it will explode before the British arrive.
(c) So the British can find them after seeing the explosion.
(d) He does not.

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

6. What does Sharpe observe at the west gate?
(a) The British are retreating.
(b) The British are setting up siege machines.
(c) Tippoo's men are packing in black powder.
(d) Tippoo's men are dumping out food that is poisoned.

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

8. What are the British doing in the woods?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Cutting trees for siege machines.
(c) Setting up traps.
(d) Setting fire to the trees.

9. What does Mary still have in her possession?
(a) The loaded pistol Rao gave her.
(b) A pardon for Sharpe from General Harris.
(c) A written order from General Harris to Lawford.
(d) A bag of gold.

10. Who takes a liking to Mary?
(a) Lawford.
(b) General Rao.
(c) Lakshmi.
(d) Gudin.

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

12. How does the tiger die?
(a) Mary shoots it.
(b) Sharpe shoots it.
(c) Lawford decapitates it.
(d) It does not die; it escapes.

13. At whom is a volley of musket fire directed?
(a) Harris.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Hakeswill.
(d) The squad of British soldiers.

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

15. What does Tippoo decide to do with Sharpe and Lawford?
(a) Hang them.
(b) Put them in the dungeon.
(c) Give them to his tigers.
(d) Forgive them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Sharpe and Lawford join?

2. What does Mary learn from the General's wife?

3. Where do the British open fire?

4. What does Sharpe discuss with Lawford and McCandless?

5. What does Tippoo do for his troops?

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