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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. What is Richard Sharpe's rank in Chapter 1?
(a) Captain.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Private.
(d) Corporal.

2. What do Sharpe and Lawford do to show they are deserters?
(a) Turn their uniform jackets inside out.
(b) Wear white scarfs.
(c) Dye their pants black.
(d) Change into civilian clothes.

3. To what does Sharpe admit which adds to his credentials for the rescue job?
(a) Speaking the language.
(b) Having knowledge of assassination techniques.
(c) Knowing lock picking.
(d) Having been in a dungeon before.

4. What kind of weapon does McCandless use?
(a) A musket and bayonet.
(b) A halberd.
(c) A Scottish claymore.
(d) A rapier.

5. Who halts Sharpe's flogging before it is finished?
(a) Sergeant Green.
(b) General Harris.
(c) Colonel Wellesley.
(d) Captain Morris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rao and McCandless determine is a place where the British should not attack Tippoo's city?

2. What do the officers discuss back at the British encampment?

3. What is Sharpe asked to do to prove his sincerity?

4. What does Mary suggest Sharpe do?

5. What are the officers discussing in General Harris's tent as Chapter 4 opens?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during McCandless' encounter and how does it end?

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

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

4. What does McCandless see at Seringapatam and what is his hope?

5. What is Hakeswill thinking about as he is looking for money and what does he do about a dying soldier who has money taped to his chest?

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

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

8. Where do the lancers take Lawford and Sharpe and what do the two men see as they enter there?

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

10. What is Sharpe doing with a dead enemy officer and how does his search end up?

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