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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. To what does Caillou object?
(a) Women and children coming along with the French army.
(b) Gudin leaving the Eagle.
(c) Gudin commanding the forces.
(d) Sharpe going undercover.

2. About what do the two men argue?
(a) Who is the sicker man.
(b) Who will perform the task.
(c) Whether the French are coming soon.
(d) Who is the better shot.

3. About what is Ensign Nicholls enthusiastic?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Cards.
(d) Dice.

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 interrupts the argument.
(d) The man who insists on a court martial for Harper.

5. What does Cornwell say Sharpe is determined not to lose in Sharpe's Ransom?
(a) The only contact he has for finding his daughter.
(b) The gold he hid in a French monastery after Waterloo.
(c) His half brother.
(d) A woman Sharpe's meets in a previous story.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attack is the French army attempting to repel?

2. What does Cornwell say that characters sometimes do?

3. Who is the Peer's Chief of Intelligence?

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

5. What Sharpe book does "Sharpe's Ransom" follow?

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