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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 Lawford admire about Sharpe?
(a) His ability to lie.
(b) His easy way with the harshness of the world.
(c) His desire to protect Mary.
(d) His ability to relax in a stressful situation.

2. What are the British officers discussing at the opening of chapter 8?
(a) Whether Sharpe has truly become a traitor.
(b) Battle plans.
(c) Whether to retreat.
(d) Whether to send in shells knowing it may harm British prisoners.

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

4. What does Sharpe discuss with Lawford and McCandless?
(a) The kegs of powder.
(b) The pile of rockets.
(c) The British situation.
(d) The tiger.

5. What are Tippoo's primary defenses?
(a) Lancers.
(b) Cannons mounted on the city walls.
(c) Pikemen.
(d) Sharpshooters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rao rescue from the dungeon?

2. About how many troops does Tippoo have?

3. Who fights the jettis?

4. Who wants to marry Mary?

5. What does the British army dig?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sharpe take care of the black-powder mine?

2. How do the British officers feel about the outer wall, who will be sent in when the wall is breached and why are they given the name they are given?

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

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

5. Of what do the British and Tippoo's forces consist?

6. What are Sharpe and Lawford doing when Gudin comes to arrest them?

7. What do the British first do with their cannons to begin to breach Tippoo's wall?

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

9. What is the first task Gudin has Sharpe and Lawford do and how well do they do it? How does Lawford feel afterward?

10. What does Sharpe say to Lawford about the rockets?

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