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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe have to prove to win his court-martial case?
(a) That Hakeswill shot at him.
(b) That a captain and an ensign are lying.
(c) That Hakeswill was committing a capitol crime.
(d) That Hakeswill hit him first.

2. What does Lawford say about the rockets on the city walls?
(a) Deadly but inaccurate.
(b) Deadly and extremely accurate.
(c) They can do little harm.
(d) They are harmless and very inaccurate.

3. Who does Hakeswell murder?
(a) Mary.
(b) A British ensign.
(c) No one.
(d) Lawford.

4. When do the French test their rockets?
(a) When a parley team arrives.
(b) They do not test them since they have very few of them.
(c) When the British send in a large sortie.
(d) When the British are scouting the walls.

5. How many rockets does Sharpe think the French have?
(a) A few hundred.
(b) Just a few dozen.
(c) Ten or fifteen.
(d) Thousands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do McCandless and his Indian escort run into on his way back to the British army?

2. What is the greatest effect of the rockets?

3. What does Sharpe discover in the dungeon?

4. What do the British troops do at the end of this chapter?

5. What is Sharpe's assessment of the British situation?

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