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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 state of England in Sharpe's Ransom?
(a) England is fighting the Danes.
(b) England is at peace.
(c) England is fighting the Americans.
(d) England is figting the Spanish.

2. What does the surgeon claim about Maria?
(a) She will only live a few more hours.
(b) He baby is dead inside the womb.
(c) She cannot give birth naturally.
(d) She is having twins.

3. With whose forces is Sharpe fighting in "Sharpe's Christmas"?
(a) Dutch.
(b) British.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

4. Why doesn't Picard call his men back off the slopes?
(a) He is not one to heed a warning.
(b) He cannot hear the bugler.
(c) He is too sure of victory.
(d) He is incompetent.

5. What does Sharpe hope to avoid this Christmas Eve?
(a) A parley.
(b) A retreat.
(c) More killing.
(d) A rout.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the bugler do under Sharpe's orders?

2. Who has sent for Sharpe?

3. About what do the two men argue?

4. Where is a French garrison located?

5. What does Picard tell Santon about Gudin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cornwell say about the people who helped him write Sharpe's Christmas? What else does he address in the introduction?

2. 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?

3. What does Sharpe order when the French send in the voltiguers, and what does Sharpe's order tell the French?

4. What are Sharpe and Harper attempting to do for Christmas at the beginning of the story? How is their task interrupted?

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

6. Why did Cornwell think writing about a Christmas with Sharpe was odd?

7. How does Gudin feel about leaving the fort at Ochagavia, and what is the group composed of who will be leaving the fort?

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

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

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

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