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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sharpe find money on the officer he is searching?

2. Why does Sharpe take control of the mission?

3. Who was Mary's dead husband?

4. What is chained in the courtyard where McCandless is standing?

5. What do Sharpe and Mary talk about concerning the military?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sharpe observing at the beginning of Chapter 1, and what is his position in the British army? What is he thinking about at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. What does Sharpe do about his and Mary's conversation?

3. When do Lawford and Sharpe depart, who joins them and why does Sharpe take charge of the mission?

4. What nationality is Mary and what do she and Sharpe talk about when he joins her after the battle? To whom was Mary married when she became a widow?

5. Where do the deserters spend their first night, who interrogates them and what do they see in the courtyard the next morning?

6. What does McCandless encounter on his way back to British forces?

7. To what duties are Sharpe, Lawford and Mary assigned?

8. What does Sharpe tell Lawford about the events of the morning in the courtyard?

9. Who is with McCandless when he arrives at the courtyard and what does he demand Sharpe do? How did Sharpe's actions turn out?

10. What is the plan for Lawford and Sharpe, and what will they do when they get into the city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Sharpe's Tiger" is one book in a series of novels involving Richard Sharpe. Discuss the following.

1. What are two advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.

2. What is a disadvantage of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.

3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Sharpe's Tiger".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "Sharpe's Tiger". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "Sharpe's Tiger". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws, and Richard Sharpe is no exception. Sharpe's legendary powers of military strategy is juxtaposed with his reputation as a womanizer. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze situations when Sharpe demonstrates his prodigious powers of military strategy. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.

2. Trace and analyze Sharpe's character flaws offering specific examples of these flaws in your discussion.

3. Discuss how you think Sharpe's admirable traits helped him obtain a higher rank in the military despite his background as a child. Have his flaws impacted his career at all? Do any of those under his command seem to notice these flaws? Who? How does the reader know this?

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