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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 kicks Challon between the legs?
(a) Sharpe.
(b) No one.
(c) Lucille.
(d) Malan.

2. Whom does Challon push out of the room upstairs?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Lucille.
(c) Sharpe.
(d) Marie.

3. What does Lucille ask Sharpe if he misses?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Army life.
(d) India.

4. What is the tall man with hussar pigtails carrying?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Sharpe's sword.
(c) A Bible.
(d) Sharpe's rifle.

5. What does Marie tell Sharpe to do when he wakes on Christmas Eve?
(a) Take no risks.
(b) Dress warmly.
(c) Not wake the baby.
(d) Eat breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe haul up from the cellar?

2. How does Lucille know Sharpe is playing a game with the men?

3. What does Gudin mention that prompts Sharpe to ask for more information?

4. Lucille says Sharpe's business is ______________.

5. How does Lucille get Challon to apologize?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucille hope about Sharpe, and how does she feel about leaving her home?

2. What does Challon do while Lucille puts Patrick to bed? What does Lorcet find in Sharpe's accounts?

3. How does Sharpe send Gudin off?

4. How do Sharpe and Malan get into Lucille's house?

5. What does Sharpe tell the people in the church?

6. What does Sharpe say about the villagers, especially Malan? What is Lucille's response?

7. What does Lorcet say to Lucille when it starts to snow? What does she reply?

8. What does Sharpe offer Gudin and what is Gudin's reply?

9. Where does Sharpe go on the morning of Christmas Eve?

10. How does Sharpe deal with the three men who are with him?

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