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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 Rao give Mary?
(a) A loaded pistol.
(b) Money.
(c) A knife.
(d) A letter stating she is innocent.

2. Who does Rao rescue from the dungeon?
(a) Hakeswill.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) McCandless.
(d) Mary.

3. Who fights the jettis?
(a) Hakeswill.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) No one.
(d) General Rao's men.

4. What do Rao's men find at the dungeon?
(a) It is partially flooded.
(b) It is empty.
(c) It is unguarded but locked.
(d) A shell has fell on it.

5. Why can't Gudin help Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe is Tippoo's prisoner.
(b) It would cross the bounds of what an advisor is to do.
(c) He can help them if he wants.
(d) Sharpe has admitted his role.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose name does Sharpe yell out?

2. How many rockets does Sharpe think the French have?

3. What do the British troops do at the end of this chapter?

4. What does Tippoo order his jettis to do?

5. What does Gudin order Sharpe and Lawford to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe discover about the dungeon and about Hakeswill in the dungeon?

2. How does Tippoo entertain his troops and what does he plan to do with the British prisoners during the entertainment?

3. How does Sharpe get them out of the prison?

4. What does Lawford tell Sharpe about rockets and what do they see as they watch them being used?

5. What does Gudin order Sharpe to do to sabotage the British and who does he encounter when he does?

6. What does Mary do when Rao decides to rescue McCandless and what does Kunwar Singh do?

7. What is Mary doing for work?

8. What happens to Hakeswill as the British siege begins, who does he kill and why?

9. What do Lawford, McCandless and Sharpe discuss in their cell?

10. What does a mill fort do for Tippoo's troops and what does the British do about the mill fort?

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