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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Tippoo do for his troops?
(a) Gives them time with their families.
(b) Gives them a monetary bonus.
(c) Lets them sneak out in pairs to rob the British.
(d) Gives them live entertainment.

10. Why can't Gudin help Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe is Tippoo's prisoner.
(b) He can help them if he wants.
(c) Sharpe has admitted his role.
(d) It would cross the bounds of what an advisor is to do.

11. 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) They will probably not fire anymore since they have limited ammunition.
(b) Where they need to open up a wall.
(c) They have not decided yet.
(d) In the front as a diversion.

12. What would happen if all the rockets went off at once?
(a) Much panic and confusion.
(b) There's is no way of predicting.
(c) The cavalry would probably be ineffective.
(d) There are so few, it would hardly be noticed.

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

14. Who is near Sharpe's discovery in the dungeon?
(a) Lawford.
(b) McCandless.
(c) Mary.
(d) Hakeswill.

15. Why does Tippoo give Sharpe something?
(a) To make Gudin jealous.
(b) To motivate Lawford.
(c) To hold Sharpe's loyalty.
(d) Because Sharpe is instrumental in the capture of a British squad of soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Sharpe and Mary discussing when Gudin arrives?

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

3. What does Sharpe observe at the west gate?

4. What is nearly finished?

5. What does Mary say is her relationship to Sharpe?

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