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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sharpe's Ransom p. 89-97.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Peer's Chief of Intelligence?
(a) Colonel Hogan.
(b) Colonel Gudin.
(c) Patrick Harper.
(d) Richard Sharpe.

2. What does Ensign Nicholls tell Sharpe?
(a) The French have regrouped near Irita.
(b) The French are running away.
(c) General Picard is offering to surrender.
(d) The other French are arriving.

3. Why won't Gudin ride his horse?
(a) The horse is lame.
(b) The horse is in an advanced stage of pregnancy.
(c) His lieutenant is ill and riding the horse.
(d) The horse is ill.

4. What delays Gudin?
(a) A broken compass.
(b) Many of his soldiers are ill.
(c) An injured horse and wrong turn.
(d) A broken ankle.

5. What is the worse thing about defeat to Picard?
(a) Having to tell Napoleon about the defeat.
(b) Having to give his parole to the English.
(c) The loss of his sword.
(d) The loss of the French Eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharpe think Malan will work for Sharpe?

2. What does Picard suggest they do when they hear gunfire?

3. What does Lucille ask of the men who break into her home?

4. Who kicks Challon between the legs?

5. What is the tall man with hussar pigtails carrying?

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