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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 would Sharpe ask permission to marry Mary if he wanted to do that?
(a) Colonel Wellesley.
(b) Sergeant Hakeswill.
(c) Lieutenant Lawford.
(d) Captain Morris.

2. How many are in the British firing line they array against Tippoo's troops in Chapter 1?
(a) Four hundred.
(b) A thousand.
(c) Two thousand.
(d) Seven hundred.

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

4. What does Hakeswill do with the man who has money taped to his chest?
(a) Promise to contact the man's family for the money.
(b) Trade a bandage for the money.
(c) Knocks him out and takes the money.
(d) Kills him and takes the money.

5. What do the deserters notice about where they are taken?
(a) It is almost deserted of soldiers.
(b) It is quite noisy.
(c) There are lots of civilians.
(d) It is highly fortified.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the preliminary questioning of McCandless?

2. Of what is the tripod Sharpe is tied to made?

3. Why does Sharpe take control of the mission?

4. How many tigers are in the courtyard?

5. Who is watching Sharpe and Mary talk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do they decide Sharpe is a good choice for the mission?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Sharpe do about his and Mary's conversation?

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

9. Who is with McCandless when he arrives at the courtyard and what does he demand Sharpe do? How did Sharpe's actions turn out?

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

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