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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. Why won't Gudin ride his horse?
(a) The horse is ill.
(b) The horse is in an advanced stage of pregnancy.
(c) The horse is lame.
(d) His lieutenant is ill and riding the horse.

2. What does Caillou know Gudin will do?
(a) Surrender.
(b) Agree to leave Spain without their weapons.
(c) Waste his men's lives.
(d) Keep his Eagle at any cost.

3. How long does Sharpe figure it will take the French to advance?
(a) They are in retreat.
(b) A day.
(c) An hour.
(d) A few hours.

4. For what does Gudin pray?
(a) A way out of the military without deserting or being shot.
(b) His wife and children.
(c) A small victory.
(d) Honorable death.

5. Whom does Sharpe order to advance when the French are only fifty paces away?
(a) The Prince of Wale's Own Volunteers.
(b) No one.
(c) The light artillery.
(d) The archers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Caillou furious?

3. What does the bugler do under Sharpe's orders?

4. What does Sharpe feel as he is marching to Irati that evening?

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

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