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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does D'Alembord think of Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe has more integrity than many of the gentlemen officers.
(b) Sharpe is the best soldier D'Alembord has ever known.
(c) Sharpe is a womanizer.
(d) Sharpe should not be an officer.

3. With whom is Richard Sharpe kneeling at the end of a field?
(a) Patrick Harper.
(b) Colonel Hogan.
(c) Ensign Gudin.
(d) Ensign Nicholls.

4. Why is General Picard disgruntled?
(a) He lost several men in a battle.
(b) His wife is angry at him.
(c) His brigade is late.
(d) His mistress left him.

5. For what does Caillou blame Gudin when they hear shots in the distance?
(a) Leaving the soldiers' wives behind.
(b) Coming into Irati from the North.
(c) Coming into Irati from the South.
(d) Bringing women along.

6. What does the surgeon claim about Maria?
(a) He baby is dead inside the womb.
(b) She will only live a few more hours.
(c) She is having twins.
(d) She cannot give birth naturally.

7. What has Sharpe found south of the village?
(a) A place where his battalion can stop the escaping French.
(b) A young goat.
(c) A young child wandering around.
(d) A pile of French muskets.

8. Who commands the piquet on the south road?
(a) Captain Smith.
(b) Captain Harper.
(c) Captain Southby.
(d) Captain Nicholls.

9. To whom is the telescope inscribed through which Sharpe is looking?
(a) Gudin.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Russeau.
(d) The King of Spain.

10. What does Sharpe command?
(a) A company of reservists.
(b) A squad of specialized sharpshooters.
(c) A battalion of redcoats.
(d) No one at the moment.

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

12. Why does Gudin not think the Sharpe he is about to encounter is the same one he met in India?
(a) He saw the other Sharpe killed.
(b) Few men rise through the rank to become officers in the British army.
(c) The other Sharpe would be in his 70's now.
(d) He does not know a Sharpe awaits the French.

13. Who is Ensign Nicholls?
(a) The man who insists on a court martial for Harper.
(b) The man who is in love with Sharpe's cousin.
(c) The man who knocks Sharpe over the head.
(d) The man who interrupts the argument.

14. What would cause Sharpe serious problems?
(a) If his men decide to kidnap some of the French women.
(b) If it gets foggy late in the day as it's been doing.
(c) If it starts snowing again.
(d) If the French brigade and garrison were to attack together.

15. What does Sharpe look for when he walks north?
(a) Frogs.
(b) A woman who ran off with his pistol.
(c) Spanish spies.
(d) Rabbits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Picard call his men back off the slopes?

2. Who does Cornwell say commissioned the Sharpe stories originally?

3. To what does Caillou object?

4. What delays Gudin?

5. Why won't Gudin ride his horse?

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