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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is wrong with Colonel Gudin's feet?
(a) He has lost a toe in a battle.
(b) He has bunions.
(c) Nothing.
(d) His heels hurt.

3. About what do the two men argue?
(a) Whether the French are coming soon.
(b) Who is the sicker man.
(c) Who will perform the task.
(d) Who is the better shot.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what disaster are some of the men at the Fort at Ochagavia taking refuge?

2. What does Picard believe about himself?

3. Where does Picard send the voltiguers?

4. How long is it until Christmas?

5. What does Sharpe command?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is General Picard upset? What pleases him about his men? Why does he think he is different from Gudin?

2. How does Sharpe give the French warning, and why does he warn them?

3. What does Caillou object to with the leaving of the fort? How does he threaten Gudin? How does Gudin feel about Caillou's threat?

4. Where does Sharpe send his skirmishers? What is the result?

5. How long is each story in Sharpe's Christmas, and why are they that length?

6. What does Cornwell say about Sharpe's Christmas in the introduction?

7. With what types of troubles is Gudin plagued?

8. What has Sharpe been doing for the past ten years? Whom does he command? Why? When do Sharpe and his men march? What does Sharpe ignore?

9. When does Sharpe think the French will arrive? What does he do for his men because of this?

10. What is Gudin told about Maria and what is his response?

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