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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. Where does Sharpe find money on the officer he is searching?
(a) An inside pocket in his jacket.
(b) In his turban.
(c) In his pants' pocket.
(d) In his boot.

2. What do McCandless and his Indian escort run into on his way back to the British army?
(a) The Frenchman, Gudin.
(b) Some Tippoo infantry.
(c) A force of Tippoo's cavalry.
(d) A rampaging elephant.

3. Who is Colonel Gudin?
(a) A captured Irish officer.
(b) The officer who questions Sharpe and Lawford.
(c) A former British officer who is also a deserter.
(d) A captured British officer.

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

5. What does Gudin prefer for executions?
(a) Beheading by axe.
(b) Hanging.
(c) The guillotine.
(d) Firing squad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what circumstances may a British soldier strike a superior?

2. How many times has Sharpe seen action?

3. Why does McCandless shoot his horse?

4. What type of weapon is Hakeswill carrying?

5. What does Sharpe talk about with another soldier in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What nationality is Mary and what do she and Sharpe talk about when he joins her after the battle? To whom was Mary married when she became a widow?

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

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

8. How does Tippoo execute two men?

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

10. What does Gudin determine about Sharpe and Lawford and what does he do about Sharpe's wounds?

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