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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the other officers think of Lawford's idea?
(a) They have small reservations.
(b) They laugh him out of the tent.
(c) They like it immediately.
(d) They are critical of it.

2. Where is McCandless taken?
(a) To the Rjah Particupam's palace.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) To a dungeon in New Delli.
(d) Seringapatam.

3. Of what is the tripod Sharpe is tied to made?
(a) He is tied to a flogging post.
(b) Three halberds.
(c) Three cavalry lances.
(d) Three small tree trunks.

4. How many volleys do the British fire before charging Tippoo's troops?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. Who halts Sharpe's flogging before it is finished?
(a) Sergeant Green.
(b) General Harris.
(c) Captain Morris.
(d) Colonel Wellesley.

6. Who is watching Sharpe and Mary talk?
(a) Lieutenant Lawford.
(b) Sergeant Green.
(c) Hakeswill.
(d) Captain Morris.

7. What do the officers think of Sharpe's ability to lie?
(a) He is a passable liar.
(b) He is a good liar.
(c) He has too much honor to lie well.
(d) His face turns red when he lies.

8. Why do the officers Sharpe will be a convincing deserter?
(a) He has flogging wounds.
(b) He comes from the lower class.
(c) He is Irish.
(d) He has a scar on his face.

9. Where are the deserters locked?
(a) In the guard house.
(b) In the mayor's house.
(c) In the dungeon.
(d) They are not locked up since they are given parole.

10. What are in place to deflect cannonballs?
(a) Sandbags.
(b) Defensive structures.
(c) Metal awnings.
(d) Nothing.

11. What are the officers discussing in General Harris's tent as Chapter 4 opens?
(a) Where to attack Tippoo next.
(b) How to break McCandless out of the dungeon.
(c) How to divide their forces.
(d) What to do about Hakeswill.

12. What happens when Sharpe pulls the trigger on the musket?
(a) It wounds McCandless.
(b) It wounds Lawford.
(c) It fails to fire.
(d) It wounds Tippoo.

13. Who are Lawford and Sharpe suppose to contact in the city?
(a) Appah Rao.
(b) Mary.
(c) Gudin.
(d) Ravi Shekhar.

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

15. What type of weapon is Hakeswill carrying?
(a) A sword.
(b) A halberd.
(c) A musket and bayonet.
(d) A knife and a pistol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sharpe asked to do to prove his sincerity?

2. What do the officers discuss back at the British encampment?

3. To where is the British army moving?

4. Where do the lancers take the "deserters"?

5. What has Tippoo ordered to be placed between the inner and outer city walls?

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