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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. How long was each story originally supposed to be?
(a) 12,000 words.
(b) 6,000 words.
(c) 22,000 words.
(d) 45,000 words.

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

3. What is the Bernard and Judy Cornwell Foundation?
(a) A place to teach young writers.
(b) He does not mention such a foundation.
(c) A charity.
(d) A way of connecting with other Sharpe fans.

4. Who will cover the east road?
(a) No one.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The Hussians.
(d) The cavalry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cornwell say that characters sometimes do?

2. From what disaster are some of the men at the Fort at Ochagavia taking refuge?

3. How long is it until Christmas?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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