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

2. Who wants to marry Mary?
(a) Lawford.
(b) Kunwar Singh.
(c) No one.
(d) Sharpe.

3. What happens while Sharpe and Hakeswill are interacting?
(a) Hakeswill knocks Sharpe off his horse.
(b) A squad of British soldiers arrive.
(c) Sharpe knocks Hakeswill off his horse.
(d) A rocket explodes very near them.

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

5. What does Hakeswill claim to have seen in the city?
(a) A French spy.
(b) A French deserter.
(c) A British officer.
(d) A dead jetti.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rao give this to Mary?

2. What does Tippoo do for his troops?

3. Who takes a liking to Mary?

4. What would happen if all the rockets went off at once?

5. Why are the Forlorn Hopes so named?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the rescuers find at the dungeon?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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