3. What does Gudin regret leaving in India?
(a) His youthful optimism.
(b) His collection of Indian spices.
(c) His books on Indian history.
(d) His Indian mistress.

4. What war in 1799 is the context of "Sharpe's Christmas"?
(a) The War of the Roses.
(b) The Boxer Rebellion.
(c) The Battle of Waterloo.
(d) The Mysore War.

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

6. What does CeCe Mot do?
(a) Hides Sharpe's daughter from him.
(b) Leads Sharpe to Napoleon in Sharpe's Waterloo.
(c) Encourages Cornwell to write "Sharpe's Ransom."
(d) Converts old newspapers into computer files.

7. Why did Sharpe go to France in Sharp's Ransom?
(a) To find his half brother.
(b) Because of a woman.
(c) To find his daughter.
(d) To take revenge on a sadistic French Captain.

8. Who is Ensign Nicholls?
(a) The man who is in love with Sharpe's cousin.
(b) The man who insists on a court martial for Harper.
(c) The man who knocks Sharpe over the head.
(d) The man who interrupts the argument.

9. What is wrong with Colonel Gudin's feet?
(a) Nothing.
(b) His heels hurt.
(c) He has bunions.
(d) He has lost a toe in a battle.

10. Whom does Sharpe order to advance when the French are only fifty paces away?
(a) The Prince of Wale's Own Volunteers.
(b) The light artillery.
(c) The archers.
(d) No one.

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

12. Who causes Gudin's first major defeat?
(a) Picard.
(b) Wellington.
(c) Sharpe.
(d) Caillou.

13. Why is Sharpe glad the French garrison is accompanied by women?
(a) They will not be paying as close attention to the British.
(b) It will keep Sharpe's men from getting trigger happy.
(c) It means they really are leaving Spain.
(d) It might motivate the French to surrender.

14. What does Gudin have to leave behind when a wagon breaks down?
(a) His musical instruments.
(b) His dried flower collection.
(c) His sword collection.
(d) His books.

15. What does Sharpe say is fitting for Christmas?
(a) Mostly shepherds live in Irati.
(b) It is cold and snowy.
(c) The war is winding down.
(d) The trees are covered in snow.