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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tippoo do for his troops?
(a) Gives them time with their families.
(b) Lets them sneak out in pairs to rob the British.
(c) Gives them live entertainment.
(d) Gives them a monetary bonus.

2. What does Hakeswill claim to have seen in the city?
(a) A French spy.
(b) A British officer.
(c) A dead jetti.
(d) A French deserter.

3. How long after Sharpe and Langford join the French do the British arrive?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 4 weeks.

4. What had Sharpe been hoping to do after encountering Hakeswill?
(a) Sneak in and kill Gudin.
(b) Sneak in and free McCandless.
(c) Slip through to see Harris.
(d) Escape back to England.

5. What does Sharpe use to get rid of the men guarding the black-powder mine?
(a) Herds a tiger towards them.
(b) Sends a cart of rockets towards them.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Shoots them all.

6. What does Sharpe discover in the dungeon?
(a) Several insane British prisoners.
(b) An old tiger.
(c) A few barrels of powder.
(d) A pile of rockets.

7. At whom is a volley of musket fire directed?
(a) Harris.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Hakeswill.
(d) The squad of British soldiers.

8. What does Mary learn from the General's wife?
(a) How to bake pies.
(b) How to embroider.
(c) How to properly wear a sari.
(d) How to knit.

9. Who do three jettis confront?
(a) The Forlorn Hopes.
(b) The escaping prisoners.
(c) No one; they are buried under the debris of the dungeon's collapse.
(d) Hakeswell back in his cell.

10. Why does Sharpe ignite the fuse of the mine?
(a) So the British can find them after seeing the explosion.
(b) So to burn off the fuse so the mine cannot be lit.
(c) So it will explode before the British arrive.
(d) He does not.

11. What does Lawford admire about Sharpe?
(a) His desire to protect Mary.
(b) His ability to lie.
(c) His ability to relax in a stressful situation.
(d) His easy way with the harshness of the world.

12. What are the British doing in the woods?
(a) Setting fire to the trees.
(b) Setting up traps.
(c) Cutting trees for siege machines.
(d) Fighting.

13. Who wants to marry Mary?
(a) Kunwar Singh.
(b) Sharpe.
(c) Lawford.
(d) No one.

14. What is the greatest effect of the rockets?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Noise that scares the horses.
(c) Smoke and Fire.
(d) Sharpnel.

15. What does Mary still have in her possession?
(a) A bag of gold.
(b) The loaded pistol Rao gave her.
(c) A pardon for Sharpe from General Harris.
(d) A written order from General Harris to Lawford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rao's men find at the dungeon?

2. What does Tippoo do for the brave soldiers on his side?

3. What is Gudin reluctant to do?

4. What does Mary teach the General's children?

5. How many rockets does Sharpe think the French have?

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