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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what does the French brigade fire?

2. What does the surgeon claim about Maria?

3. What does Caillou know Gudin will do?

4. Why is Picard pleased that his men are miserable?

5. Of what is Colonel Gudin's career full?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gudin do after Caillou breaks the truce?

2. What does Gudin think about when he thinks of India?

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

4. How do the French play into Sharpe's trick with wine barrels?

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

6. What do the French do about the remaining barrels, and what is Sharpe facing from the south?

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

8. What does Harper think about the British coming into conflict with the French? What does Sharpe think about it? Why?

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

10. Why does Sharpe have hope the garrison will surrender, and what does the garrison have that Sharpe would like to take?

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