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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sharpe's Ransom p. 67-79.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is General Picard disgruntled?
(a) His mistress left him.
(b) He lost several men in a battle.
(c) His brigade is late.
(d) His wife is angry at him.

2. What does Lucille ask Sharpe if he misses?
(a) France.
(b) Army life.
(c) India.
(d) England.

3. How does Lucille know Sharpe is playing a game with the men?
(a) He winks at her.
(b) He pulls out a key that opens a mausoleum on her property.
(c) He retrieves an old key that opens a chapel on her property.
(d) He uses the present tense to speak about a dead person.

4. What does Sharpe feel as he is marching to Irati that evening?
(a) Nervous about the two French brigades advancing toward Irati.
(b) Sorrowful that the newborn will not know its mother.
(c) Pleased that Picard no longer spreads his evil in the world.
(d) Extreme anger about Nicholl's death.

5. Picard thinks ____________ are on the slopes.
(a) No forces.
(b) Partisans.
(c) The Spanish elite forces.
(d) The British.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Gudin pray?

2. What happens when some Frenchmen kick over a barrel?

3. What delays Gudin?

4. Who has sent for Sharpe?

5. Who is Lucille Castineau?

(see the answer key)

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