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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sharpe feel about Mary's suggestion?
(a) He is ambivalent about it.
(b) He thinks it is a good idea.
(c) He thinks she will end up getting killed.
(d) He does not think it would work.

2. Where does Rao and McCandless determine is a place where the British should not attack Tippoo's city?
(a) At the western wall.
(b) By the eastern gate.
(c) Through the main gates.
(d) At the tower on the north.

3. What does Harris think of Sharpe going with Lawford?
(a) He doesn't trust Sharpe.
(b) He likes the idea.
(c) He thinks it is not feasible.
(d) He wants Green to go.

4. Why is a doctor called for?
(a) To check the men for illness.
(b) To treat the men for lice.
(c) To chekc the men for hidden weapons.
(d) To treat Sharpe's wounds.

5. Why does Gudin suggest showing mercy to British prisoners is a good idea?
(a) So if the British win they won't charge Tippoo with war crimes.
(b) So that if Tippoo is killed he will face God easier.
(c) Because it makes Tippoo look like a good ruler.
(d) So the British will do the same to Indian prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sharpe fighting in India?

2. Why is the Frenchman Gudin with Tippoo?

3. What does Gudin prefer for executions?

4. Under what circumstances may a British soldier strike a superior?

5. What does Lieutenant Lawford suggest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hakeswill argue with Sharpe about and what does Sharpe say to him?

2. Where is Sharpe stationed, why is the British army there and why are the French there?

3. What nationality is Mary and what do she and Sharpe talk about when he joins her after the battle? To whom was Mary married when she became a widow?

4. What does McCandless encounter on his way back to British forces?

5. What does the British do to advance on Tippoo and why are Tippoo's tactics poor?

6. What does Sergeant Hakeswill do while they are marching and how does his action affect Sharpe?

7. When do Lawford and Sharpe depart, who joins them and why does Sharpe take charge of the mission?

8. How does Hakeswill get Sharpe arrested for a court-martial?

9. How do the other officers feel about Lawford suggesting Sharpe accompany him on the mission?

10. What does Sharpe tell Lawford about the events of the morning in the courtyard?

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