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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when some Frenchmen kick over a barrel?
(a) The wine leaks out.
(b) The barrel's staves break and the wine spills.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It explodes.

2. Who is CeCe Motz?
(a) Sharpe's daughter's guardian.
(b) An editor for the book company that publishes Sharpe's books.
(c) Cornwell's assistant.
(d) A young woman Sharpe meets in Sharpe's Waterloo.

3. What are both men unable to do?
(a) Stop sneezing.
(b) Stop laughing.
(c) Stop coughing.
(d) Kill the animal.

4. What war in 1799 is the context of "Sharpe's Christmas"?
(a) The War of the Roses.
(b) The Boxer Rebellion.
(c) The Mysore War.
(d) The Battle of Waterloo.

5. What does Picard say Gudin has become used to?
(a) Defeat.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Being rescued.
(d) The good life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cornwell say exists to increase awareness of soldiers who fought in the early 19th century?

2. Why is Picard pleased that his men are miserable?

3. What does Sharpe send D'Alembord to do in the south?

4. What does Gudin regret leaving in India?

5. What is wrong with Colonel Gudin's feet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gudin think about when he thinks of India?

2. Why did Cornwell think writing about a Christmas with Sharpe was odd?

3. How does Sharpe give the French warning, and why does he warn them?

4. What does Sharpe and d'Alembord see through Sharpe's telescope?

5. What has Sharpe been doing for the past ten years? Whom does he command? Why? When do Sharpe and his men march? What does Sharpe ignore?

6. With what types of troubles is Gudin plagued?

7. What does Gudin do after Caillou breaks the truce?

8. What does Hogan tell Sharpe will be his immediate assignment?

9. What does Caillou do to keep Gudin from meeting with the British truce?

10. What does Cornwell say about Sharpe's Christmas in the introduction?

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