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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 decide to do with Sharpe and Lawford?
(a) Give them to his tigers.
(b) Forgive them.
(c) Put them in the dungeon.
(d) Hang them.

2. What does Mary still have in her possession?
(a) The loaded pistol Rao gave her.
(b) A bag of gold.
(c) A pardon for Sharpe from General Harris.
(d) A written order from General Harris to Lawford.

3. What does Tippoo do for his troops?
(a) Gives them time with their families.
(b) Gives them a monetary bonus.
(c) Lets them sneak out in pairs to rob the British.
(d) Gives them live entertainment.

4. Where do the British open fire?
(a) They have not yet opened fire as they are waiting for a parley.
(b) On the walls to either side where they plan to breach the city.
(c) At the front gates.
(d) At the Southern wall.

5. What is Hakeswell's scheme?
(a) To sell Sharpe to the Muslim slave traders.
(b) They do not know his scheme.
(c) To sell Mary into prostitution.
(d) To discredit Sharpe as a traitor and see him hung.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sharpe take Lawford?

2. What does the British army dig?

3. What does Mary teach the General's children?

4. What does Sharpe receive from Tippoo?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why was Sharpe honored and what did he receive?

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

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

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

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. How does Sharpe get information about the mine and what does he figure out about the mine?

9. What do the rescuers find at the dungeon?

10. What is Mary doing for work?

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