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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 Tippoo order his jettis to do?
(a) Demonstrate their ancient art.
(b) Kill the British prisoners.
(c) Spy on Sharpe.
(d) Demonstrate how to kill without using their hands.

2. Who do Sharpe and Lawford join?
(a) Just McCandless.
(b) McCandless and Hakeswill.
(c) No one.
(d) Just Hakeswill.

3. Where does Sharpe take Lawford?
(a) No where.
(b) To a tavern.
(c) To the infirmary.
(d) To the armory.

4. What is the approximately number of the British forces?
(a) 750.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 15,000.

5. What would happen if all the rockets went off at once?
(a) There's is no way of predicting.
(b) There are so few, it would hardly be noticed.
(c) Much panic and confusion.
(d) The cavalry would probably be ineffective.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do the French test their rockets?

2. Who does Hakeswell murder?

3. What does Mary learn from the General's wife?

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

5. What happens while Sharpe and Hakeswill are interacting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tippoo decide to do with Lawford and Sharpe after questioning them?

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. With whom does Sharpe fight and what plan of his does his fight prevent?

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

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

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

10. What do the rescuers find at the dungeon?

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