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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 is the name of Sharpe's daughter?
(a) Antonia.
(b) Louisa.
(c) Stepanie.
(d) Maria.

2. What did the British intercept a couple of days before Christmas?
(a) Messages stating that Napoleon is seriously injured.
(b) A French force moving to join the one attacking Sharpe.
(c) French plans to attack Andrados.
(d) French plans to invade Spain.

3. What does Farthingdale seem to be oblivious about?
(a) The changing tactical situation.
(b) Where Josefina is.
(c) Who Dubreton might be.
(d) What Sharpe has done.

4. Who is recovered by the French and handed over to the British?
(a) Hogan.
(b) No one.
(c) Hakeswill.
(d) Josefina.

5. What does Sharpe do when the French are fifty yards from the trench?
(a) Counterattack with cavalry.
(b) Send the rockets through their ranks.
(c) Release an avalanche stones on them.
(d) Set fire to the trench.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe demand from Ducos?

2. Where is Harper when the French take over the convent?

3. What type of attack does the French commander favor?

4. What does Farthingdale feel about the French's intentions?

5. Who surprises Sharpe with a visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Hakeswill when the French arrive?

2. What do the British leaders do on Christmas?

3. Where do the French concentrate their artillery fire and why? What is the British response?

4. Why doesn't the French take the castle?

5. What do the British do with the last of the rocket artillery?

6. What is Hakeswill's ultimate fate?

7. What happens to the first two French attacks?

8. What do the French do the day after they take the convent? How does Sharpe view his situation?

9. What does Hakeswill do during the battle and after the French are repulsed?

10. How many forces does Sharpe estimate are arrayed between the French and the British soldiers?

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