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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 Gudin order Sharpe and Lawford to do?
(a) Shoot two British officers.
(b) Go out and parley with the British.
(c) Stay off the walls.
(d) Go down and interrogate McCandless.

2. Why are the Forlorn Hopes so named?
(a) They are always an optimistic group.
(b) Their rate of survival is low.
(c) They are always so dour.
(d) No one knows.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a mill fort?

2. Who orders Sharpe to ride out towards the British?

3. What does Sharpe discuss with Lawford and McCandless?

4. What are the British doing in the woods?

5. What had Sharpe been hoping to do after encountering Hakeswill?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do the rescuers find at the dungeon?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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