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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sharpe's Christmas p. 31-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Sharpe found south of the village?
(a) A young child wandering around.
(b) A young goat.
(c) A place where his battalion can stop the escaping French.
(d) A pile of French muskets.

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

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

4. What does Sharpe look for when he walks north?
(a) Spanish spies.
(b) A woman who ran off with his pistol.
(c) Frogs.
(d) Rabbits.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Cornwell say commissioned the Sharpe stories originally?

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

4. About what do the two men argue?

5. For what does Caillou blame Gudin when they hear shots in the distance?

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