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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Sharpe think would make a nice Christmas present for his battalion?
(a) A French Eagle.
(b) The quick surrender of the French.
(c) More women in the area.
(d) The new muskets the French are carrying.

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

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

6. Who is the Peer's Chief of Intelligence?
(a) Colonel Hogan.
(b) Patrick Harper.
(c) Colonel Gudin.
(d) Richard Sharpe.

7. What does Cornwell say that characters sometimes do?
(a) Live long, peaceful lives after intense fighting as young adults.
(b) Take a life of their own.
(c) Die when it seems unnecessary.
(d) Evolve into someone different.

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

9. What does Sharpe say is fitting for Christmas?
(a) The war is winding down.
(b) Mostly shepherds live in Irati.
(c) It is cold and snowy.
(d) The trees are covered in snow.

10. Whose garrison must Picard rescue?
(a) No one's.
(b) Sharpe's.
(c) Nicholl's.
(d) Gudin's.

11. What does Picard say Gudin has become used to?
(a) The good life.
(b) Being rescued.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Defeat.

12. What war in 1799 is the context of "Sharpe's Christmas"?
(a) The War of the Roses.
(b) The Boxer Rebellion.
(c) The Mysore War.
(d) The Battle of Waterloo.

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

14. Who has sent for Sharpe?
(a) Colonel Gudin.
(b) King George.
(c) Colonel Hogan.
(d) His wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe command?

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

3. Who commands the piquet on the south road?

4. Where is a French garrison located?

5. Who granted Gudin his eagle?

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