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

2. Where does McCandless wait for Appah Rao?
(a) In a tavern.
(b) At a river ford.
(c) By an old rajah estate.
(d) At an ancient temple.

3. What does Tippoo allow Sharpe and Lawford to do?
(a) Change into French uniforms.
(b) Go rest in the barracks.
(c) Torture McCandless.
(d) Serve under Gudin.

4. Why would Lawford be deserting?
(a) He has been caught stealing.
(b) He is afraid of a flogging.
(c) He wants to marry Mary.
(d) His family is from India.

5. Where does Rao and McCandless determine is a place where the British should not attack Tippoo's city?
(a) By the eastern gate.
(b) At the tower on the north.
(c) Through the main gates.
(d) At the western wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hakeswill do with the man who has money taped to his chest?

2. What does Hakeswill goad Sharpe into doing?

3. What does Harris think of Sharpe going with Lawford?

4. What do the other officers think of Lawford's idea?

5. Who is watching Sharpe and Mary talk?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the plan for Lawford and Sharpe, and what will they do when they get into the city?

3. What is the outcome of Sharpe's court-martial and what does Sergeant Green do for Sharpe?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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