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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does McCandless wait for Appah Rao?
(a) At a river ford.
(b) By an old rajah estate.
(c) In a tavern.
(d) At an ancient temple.

2. What does Sergeant Green tell Sharpe?
(a) He will ensure Mary is safe.
(b) He will appear the case.
(c) He will do the flogging himself and go easy.
(d) He will chose the smallest boys for the flogging.

3. Who would Sharpe ask permission to marry Mary if he wanted to do that?
(a) Lieutenant Lawford.
(b) Captain Morris.
(c) Colonel Wellesley.
(d) Sergeant Hakeswill.

4. To what unit is Sharpe assigned?
(a) Thirty-third Regiment.
(b) Fourteenth Regiment.
(c) Fourth Battalion.
(d) Twenty-second Regiment.

5. What does Hakeswill attempt to do to Sharpe about his musket?
(a) Make Sharpe look foolish.
(b) Get him killed when it fires inaccurately.
(c) Make him lose it when the strap breaks.
(d) Entrap him into a flogging offense.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many are in the British firing line they array against Tippoo's troops in Chapter 1?

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

3. What is Richard Sharpe's rank in Chapter 1?

4. What does Wellesley say about Sharpe?

5. What do the other officers think of Lawford's idea?

(see the answer key)

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