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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sharpe's Christmas (pp. 11-21).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is one of the first officers to spot Richard Sharpe's potential?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Colonel Gudin.
(c) The Duke of Wellington.
(d) Colonel Price.

2. Who is the Peer's Chief of Intelligence?
(a) Colonel Hogan.
(b) Patrick Harper.
(c) Richard Sharpe.
(d) Colonel Gudin.

3. What Sharpe book does "Sharpe's Ransom" follow?
(a) Sharpe's Waterloo.
(b) Sharpe's Christmas.
(c) Sharpe's Rifles.
(d) Sharpe's Tigers.

4. With whom is Richard Sharpe kneeling at the end of a field?
(a) Ensign Nicholls.
(b) Patrick Harper.
(c) Colonel Hogan.
(d) Ensign Gudin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cornwell say he never expected?

2. What does Cornwell say that characters sometimes do?

3. What are Sharpe and the other man trying to do?

4. About what do the two men argue?

5. How long is it until Christmas?

(see the answer key)

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