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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sharpe's Christmas p. 46-55.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Picard thinks ____________ are on the slopes.
(a) The Spanish elite forces.
(b) No forces.
(c) Partisans.
(d) The British.

2. Why doesn't Picard call his men back off the slopes?
(a) He is incompetent.
(b) He cannot hear the bugler.
(c) He is too sure of victory.
(d) He is not one to heed a warning.

3. What does Sharpe feel as he is marching to Irati that evening?
(a) Pleased that Picard no longer spreads his evil in the world.
(b) Extreme anger about Nicholl's death.
(c) Nervous about the two French brigades advancing toward Irati.
(d) Sorrowful that the newborn will not know its mother.

4. What does the bugler do under Sharpe's orders?
(a) Signals a surrender.
(b) Signals a retreat for the riflemen.
(c) Signals a flanking movement.
(d) Signals a charge.

5. Where does Gudin go with D'Alembord?
(a) To see General Picard.
(b) To the village.
(c) To collect the French wounded.
(d) To the south front.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Colonel Gudin's career full?

2. What does Sharpe say is fitting for Christmas?

3. Where does Picard send the voltiguers?

4. What does Picard say Gudin has become used to?

5. Whom does Sharpe order to advance when the French are only fifty paces away?

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