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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 does Hakeswill do to Sharpe's musket?
(a) Scratch the inside of the barrel to throw off the aim.
(b) Cut the strap almost all the way through.
(c) Bend the trigger.
(d) Replace the flint with an ordinary stone.

2. Why does Hakeswill challenge Sharpe while they are marching?
(a) For having blood on his bayonet.
(b) For his musket being carried on the wrong shoulder.
(c) For marching out of step.
(d) For talking in the ranks.

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

4. Who carries out Sharpe's flogging?
(a) Two drummer boys.
(b) Captain Morris.
(c) Hakeswill.
(d) Green.

5. Where is McCandless taken?
(a) To the Rjah Particupam's palace.
(b) Seringapatam.
(c) To a dungeon in New Delli.
(d) Nowhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does McCandless say to Sharpe?

2. Why does Hakeswill leave Sharpe?

3. How does Sharpe feel about Mary's suggestion?

4. What does Major General Baird order?

5. What is the main reason the British win the battle against Tippoo in Chapter 1 so quickly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the officers discussing at the beginning of Chapter 4 and what is Lawford's suggestion?

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

3. How is Sharpe's punishment carried out and how does it stop?

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

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

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

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

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

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 do Hector McCandless and Appah Rao do when they meet?

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