4. What does Major General Baird order?
(a) That Lawford is to be shot in the upcoming battle.
(b) That Sharpe is to get promoted to officer status if he is successful.
(c) That Sharpe is to be taken alive in the upcoming battle.
(d) That several men try to rescue Mary.

5. What are in place to deflect cannonballs?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Defensive structures.
(c) Sandbags.
(d) Metal awnings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lieutenant Lawford suggest?

2. Why does Hakeswill challenge Sharpe while they are marching?

3. Why does Sharpe take control of the mission?

4. What does Hakeswill do to Sharpe's musket?

5. What does Gudin prefer for executions?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Sharpe observing at the beginning of Chapter 1, and what is his position in the British army? What is he thinking about at the beginning of Chapter 1?

6. What do Hector McCandless and Appah Rao do when they meet?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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