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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gudin prefer for executions?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Beheading by axe.
(c) The guillotine.
(d) Firing squad.

2. What do McCandless and his Indian escort run into on his way back to the British army?
(a) Some Tippoo infantry.
(b) A rampaging elephant.
(c) A force of Tippoo's cavalry.
(d) The Frenchman, Gudin.

3. Why is the Frenchman Gudin with Tippoo?
(a) He is Tippoo's brother-in-law.
(b) He is an advisor from the French.
(c) He believes in India independence.
(d) He has been taken captive.

4. What nationality is Mary?
(a) Indian.
(b) Half French, half English.
(c) Half English, half Indian.
(d) French.

5. Why is the city to where the British are moving important?
(a) It is the capitol of Mysore.
(b) It is the largest population center in southern India.
(c) It is the center of most of the trade routes.
(d) The king of India lives there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who argues that Sharpe is the best person for the job?

2. Where is McCandless taken?

3. Of what is the tripod Sharpe is tied to made?

4. For what is Hakeswill searching among the dead and dying troops?

5. What do the officers think of Sharpe's ability to lie?

(see the answer key)

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