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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sharpe's Christmas p. 21-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when some Frenchmen kick over a barrel?
(a) The barrel's staves break and the wine spills.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It explodes.
(d) The wine leaks out.

2. Why did Sharpe go to France in Sharp's Ransom?
(a) To find his half brother.
(b) To take revenge on a sadistic French Captain.
(c) Because of a woman.
(d) To find his daughter.

3. Who does Cornwell say commissioned the Sharpe stories originally?
(a) His best friend who is an editor.
(b) His mother.
(c) His former English professor.
(d) Daily Mail.

4. Who is Ensign Nicholls?
(a) The man who knocks Sharpe over the head.
(b) The man who is in love with Sharpe's cousin.
(c) The man who insists on a court martial for Harper.
(d) The man who interrupts the argument.

5. What are Sharpe and the other man trying to do?
(a) Kill a French sentry.
(b) Kill a bullock.
(c) Trap a possom.
(d) Trap a badger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What war in 1799 is the context of "Sharpe's Christmas"?

2. Who has sent for Sharpe?

3. With whose forces is Sharpe fighting in "Sharpe's Christmas"?

4. Who granted Gudin his eagle?

5. Who is Lucille Castineau?

(see the answer key)

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