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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is one of the first officers to spot Richard Sharpe's potential?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) The Duke of Wellington.
(c) Colonel Price.
(d) Colonel Gudin.

2. 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.

3. Who will cover the east road?
(a) The Hussians.
(b) No one.
(c) The cavalry.
(d) The Spanish.

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

5. What does Picard believe about himself?
(a) He is smarter than most men.
(b) He is charmed.
(c) He is important to Napoleon.
(d) He is an excellent judge of character.

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

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

8. What is one question Bernard Cornwell is often asked about Richard Sharpe?
(a) If he ever reclaims his daughter.
(b) If he finally emigrated to the United States.
(c) If he lived a long life.
(d) If he actually settled down in Normandy.

9. What does Cornwell say exists to increase awareness of soldiers who fought in the early 19th century?
(a) The Soldiers' Scrapbook.
(b) Sharpe's Legacy Society.
(c) The Art of War Society.
(d) Sharpe Appreciation Society.

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

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

12. Why does Sharpe have his men stationed fifty paces back from the frontier?
(a) The French cannot see them.
(b) The French have to march around them.
(c) The sun will not be in their eyes.
(d) They can take advantage of a bluff.

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

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

15. About what is Ensign Nicholls enthusiastic?
(a) Cards.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Dice.
(d) Drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shoots Nicholls?

2. What does the surgeon claim about Maria?

3. What has Sharpe found south of the village?

4. What does Sharpe look for when he walks north?

5. At what does the French brigade fire?

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