3. What opportunity will Sharpe offer the French?
(a) To surrender their weapons.
(b) To regroup.
(c) To have a peaceful Christmas day.
(d) To recover their wounded.

4. Where does Gudin go with D'Alembord?
(a) To the village.
(b) To see General Picard.
(c) To the south front.
(d) To collect the French wounded.

5. What does Sharpe send D'Alembord to do in the south?
(a) To ask for the surrender of the French garrison.
(b) To tell Smith to bring his soldiers to the North.
(c) To assess the situation in the South.
(d) To order Smith to attack the French garrison.

6. What would cause Sharpe serious problems?
(a) If it gets foggy late in the day as it's been doing.
(b) If it starts snowing again.
(c) If his men decide to kidnap some of the French women.
(d) If the French brigade and garrison were to attack together.

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

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

9. Who is the Crapaud that Sharpe serves under in India?
(a) Colonel Santon.
(b) Captain Gyer.
(c) Colonel Gudin.
(d) Colonel Picard.

10. What does Picard tell Santon about Gudin?
(a) Gudin is a better soldier than many know.
(b) Gudin is unlucky.
(c) Gudin is a good man though misguided.
(d) Gudin is totally incompetent.

11. What are Sharpe and the other man trying to do?
(a) Kill a French sentry.
(b) Trap a possom.
(c) Kill a bullock.
(d) Trap a badger.

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

13. Who shoots Nicholls?
(a) A British officer by mistake.
(b) No one.
(c) Gudin.
(d) Caillou.

14. Why is Picard pleased that his men are miserable?
(a) He will look good when he solves their problem.
(b) He likes to share his own misery.
(c) He thinks they fight better that way.
(d) He thinks they need to be toughened up.

15. What is the state of England in Sharpe's Ransom?
(a) England is at peace.
(b) England is fighting the Danes.
(c) England is fighting the Americans.
(d) England is figting the Spanish.