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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who causes Gudin's first major defeat?
(a) Caillou.
(b) Wellington.
(c) Picard.
(d) Sharpe.

2. At what does the French brigade fire?
(a) The partisans.
(b) The remaining barrels.
(c) The calvary.
(d) The archers.

3. What does Gudin have to leave behind when a wagon breaks down?
(a) His dried flower collection.
(b) His sword collection.
(c) His musical instruments.
(d) His books.

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

5. What does Picard tell Santon about Gudin?
(a) Gudin is unlucky.
(b) Gudin is totally incompetent.
(c) Gudin is a good man though misguided.
(d) Gudin is a better soldier than many know.

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

7. What does Sharpe hope to avoid this Christmas Eve?
(a) A retreat.
(b) More killing.
(c) A parley.
(d) A rout.

8. What attack is the French army attempting to repel?
(a) It does not specify.
(b) The Dutch attack on Gibraltar.
(c) The British attack near Waterloo.
(d) The British attack on Seringapatam.

9. What do two of the volumes of Gudin's diaries concern?
(a) His deceased sons.
(b) The only successful campaign he has carried out.
(c) Gudin's time in India.
(d) His deceased wife.

10. What does Sharpe order Smith to do?
(a) Retreat in two hours.
(b) Keep his men from drinking.
(c) Dig trenches on the east side of Irati.
(d) Watch for the other French garrison.

11. To what does Caillou object?
(a) Gudin commanding the forces.
(b) Gudin leaving the Eagle.
(c) Women and children coming along with the French army.
(d) Sharpe going undercover.

12. With whose forces is Sharpe fighting in "Sharpe's Christmas"?
(a) Italian.
(b) British.
(c) French.
(d) Dutch.

13. What is the Bernard and Judy Cornwell Foundation?
(a) A charity.
(b) A place to teach young writers.
(c) A way of connecting with other Sharpe fans.
(d) He does not mention such a foundation.

14. What does Cornwell say Sharpe is determined not to lose in Sharpe's Ransom?
(a) The only contact he has for finding his daughter.
(b) His half brother.
(c) The gold he hid in a French monastery after Waterloo.
(d) A woman Sharpe's meets in a previous story.

15. Where are Sharpe's riflemen hidden?
(a) In trenches along the west side of the road.
(b) Among the rocks above the barrels.
(c) In a stand of trees.
(d) In Irati.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would cause Sharpe serious problems?

2. About what do the two men argue?

3. For what does Caillou blame Gudin when they hear shots in the distance?

4. At what does Caillou fume?

5. How long is it until Christmas?

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