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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the greatest effect of the rockets?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Smoke and Fire.
(c) Sharpnel.
(d) Noise that scares the horses.

3. What is a mill fort?
(a) A fort that has a windmill that keeps fresh water flowing.
(b) A part of the fort where the civilians gather during an attack.
(c) Cover from enemy fire for the men on the cannons.
(d) A place where the grain is ground.

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

5. What does Gudin order Sharpe and Lawford to do?
(a) Go down and interrogate McCandless.
(b) Go out and parley with the British.
(c) Stay off the walls.
(d) Shoot two British officers.

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

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

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

9. What is Gudin reluctant to do?
(a) Kill Lawford.
(b) Arrest Mary.
(c) Kill Mary.
(d) Arrest Sharpe.

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

11. For what does Tippoo hope?
(a) An early monsoon rain.
(b) A clear day for the attack.
(c) That Sharpe really is on his side.
(d) A parley with the British.

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

13. What does Mary teach the General's children?
(a) English.
(b) Math.
(c) Writing.
(d) How to swim.

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

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. Who is taken prisoner by Tippoo's forces?

2. Who orders Sharpe to ride out towards the British?

3. What does Sharpe receive from Tippoo?

4. What does the British army dig?

5. What does Lawford admire about Sharpe?

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