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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. Who are the Forlorn Hopes?
(a) The first wave of soldiers to enter a breach.
(b) The prisoners of Tippoo.
(c) The gurkhas who are fighting with the British.
(d) The cavalry who will not be useful in this fight.

2. Whose name does Sharpe yell out?
(a) Lawford.
(b) Pao.
(c) Hakeswill.
(d) Harris.

3. Who is near Sharpe's discovery in the dungeon?
(a) Lawford.
(b) Hakeswill.
(c) Mary.
(d) McCandless.

4. What is Gudin reluctant to do?
(a) Arrest Mary.
(b) Arrest Sharpe.
(c) Kill Mary.
(d) Kill Lawford.

5. What does Mary learn from the General's wife?
(a) How to knit.
(b) How to embroider.
(c) How to bake pies.
(d) How to properly wear a sari.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does McCandless decide to teach Sharpe?

2. What does Sharpe discuss with Lawford and McCandless?

3. What is Tippoo watching?

4. What does Lawford say about the rockets on the city walls?

5. What does Tippoo order his jettis to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tippoo execute criminals and what does he do afterward?

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

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

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

5. What does Tippoo hope as the British prepare to attack and what happens to that hope?

6. What does Hakeswill do when it comes his turn to be killed?

7. 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?

8. What is Mary doing for work?

9. Where does Sharpe go after the ceremony, what does he find out and how does he feel about it?

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

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