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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sharpe's Ransom p. 79-89.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Sharpe order to advance when the French are only fifty paces away?
(a) The light artillery.
(b) The archers.
(c) The Prince of Wale's Own Volunteers.
(d) No one.

2. Of what is Colonel Gudin's career full?
(a) Honors.
(b) Strife.
(c) Battles.
(d) Failures.

3. Where did Malan serve during the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) He was not in the military.
(b) As a colonel in the French Imperial Guard.
(c) As an ensign on a British ship.
(d) As a sergeant in France's Imperial Guard.

4. What does Sharpe use to repair the farmhouse?
(a) His half-pay as a retired British officer.
(b) Money he received as a bonus after capturing a French convoy.
(c) His inheritance from his grandfather.
(d) Money he saved while in the Army.

5. What does Picard believe about himself?
(a) He is important to Napoleon.
(b) He is an excellent judge of character.
(c) He is charmed.
(d) He is smarter than most men.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Frenchmen are coming from the South?

2. How long has Colonel Jean Gudin been in his present command?

3. How long does Sharpe figure it will take the French to advance?

4. Who granted Gudin his eagle?

5. To what does Caillou object?

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