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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 many times has Sharpe seen action?
(a) Five times.
(b) Three times.
(c) Once.
(d) Twice.

2. Why is Sharpe fighting in India?
(a) The British are trying to take Pakistan.
(b) To break resistance to British rule.
(c) The British have just invaded India.
(d) The Indians have killed a British Duke.

3. To what unit is Sharpe assigned?
(a) Fourteenth Regiment.
(b) Thirty-third Regiment.
(c) Fourth Battalion.
(d) Twenty-second Regiment.

4. What does Major General Baird order?
(a) That Lawford is to be shot in the upcoming battle.
(b) That Sharpe is to be taken alive in the upcoming battle.
(c) That Sharpe is to get promoted to officer status if he is successful.
(d) That several men try to rescue Mary.

5. For what is Hakeswill searching among the dead and dying troops?
(a) His brother.
(b) Intelligence information.
(c) A new sword.
(d) Plunder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the deserters notice about where they are taken?

2. What does Hakeswill do with the man who has money taped to his chest?

3. What does Sharpe tell Lawford about the gunpowder in the musket he was to use to shoot McCandless?

4. What has Tippoo ordered to be placed between the inner and outer city walls?

5. Where are the deserters locked?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what duties are Sharpe, Lawford and Mary assigned?

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

3. Where do the deserters spend their first night, who interrogates them and what do they see in the courtyard the next morning?

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

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

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

7. What is the plan for Lawford and Sharpe, and what will they do when they get into the city?

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

9. What do Hector McCandless and Appah Rao do when they meet?

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

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