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

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

3. What does Cornwell say that characters sometimes do?
(a) Take a life of their own.
(b) Live long, peaceful lives after intense fighting as young adults.
(c) Evolve into someone different.
(d) Die when it seems unnecessary.

4. Whose garrison must Picard rescue?
(a) No one's.
(b) Sharpe's.
(c) Nicholl's.
(d) Gudin's.

5. From what disaster are some of the men at the Fort at Ochagavia taking refuge?
(a) Kulm.
(b) Borodino.
(c) Waterloo.
(d) Vitoria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are both men unable to do?

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

3. Who is the Crapaud that Sharpe serves under in India?

4. What is the state of England in Sharpe's Ransom?

5. Where is a French garrison located?

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