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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. Who was Mary's dead husband?
(a) An officer in the Indian army.
(b) A sergeant in the Indian army.
(c) A sergeant in the English army.
(d) A rice farmer.

2. What is the main reason the British win the battle against Tippoo in Chapter 1 so quickly?
(a) Tippoo's troops don't have muskets.
(b) Tippoo doesn't use cavalry to reinforce his infantry.
(c) Tippoo's cavalry are mounted on very small horses.
(d) The British out number him five to one.

3. What does Sergeant Green tell Sharpe?
(a) He will appear the case.
(b) He will do the flogging himself and go easy.
(c) He will ensure Mary is safe.
(d) He will chose the smallest boys for the flogging.

4. Under what circumstances may a British soldier strike a superior?
(a) When the superior is issuing an illegal order.
(b) When hit first.
(c) None.
(d) When caught in the act of rape.

5. Why does Hakeswill leave Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe denies any interest in Mary.
(b) Sharpe punches him.
(c) Sharpe tells him he is going to kill him.
(d) Sharpe gives him some money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mary directed to go?

2. How did the enemy officer die that Sharpe is searching?

3. Who would Sharpe ask permission to marry Mary if he wanted to do that?

4. Who is watching Sharpe and Mary talk?

5. Why is the city to where the British are moving important?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the battle end up between the British and Tippoo, and what does Gudin have to say about it?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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