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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sharpe's Ransom p. 67-79.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ensign Nicholls tell Sharpe?
(a) General Picard is offering to surrender.
(b) The French are running away.
(c) The French have regrouped near Irita.
(d) The other French are arriving.

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

3. What does Lubecque order Sharpe to do?
(a) Fix the wheel.
(b) Saddle a horse to ride.
(c) Drive.
(d) Put his hands behind his back to be tied.

4. When does Sharpe estimate the French will arrive?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) He does not think the French will be coming.

5. What does Sharpe send D'Alembord to do in the south?
(a) To assess the situation in the South.
(b) To tell Smith to bring his soldiers to the North.
(c) To ask for the surrender of the French garrison.
(d) To order Smith to attack the French garrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as they drive off?

2. What does D'Alembord think of Sharpe?

3. Why does Sharpe have his men stationed fifty paces back from the frontier?

4. What would cause Sharpe serious problems?

5. Where does Gudin go with D'Alembord?

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