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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 a mill fort?
(a) A fort that has a windmill that keeps fresh water flowing.
(b) Cover from enemy fire for the men on the cannons.
(c) A part of the fort where the civilians gather during an attack.
(d) A place where the grain is ground.

2. About how many troops does Tippoo have?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 4, 000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 500.

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

4. What is Sharpe's assessment of the British situation?
(a) Uncertain.
(b) About usual for what they are trying to do.
(c) Great.
(d) Bad.

5. For what does Tippoo hope?
(a) An early monsoon rain.
(b) That Sharpe really is on his side.
(c) A parley with the British.
(d) A clear day for the attack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mary say is her relationship to Sharpe?

3. At whom is a volley of musket fire directed?

4. Who takes a liking to Mary?

5. What does Tippoo do for his troops?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Sharpe take care of the black-powder mine?

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

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 do Lawford, McCandless and Sharpe discuss in their cell?

8. What does Mary do when Rao decides to rescue McCandless and what does Kunwar Singh do?

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

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

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