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

2. What does D'Alembord think of Sharpe?
(a) Sharpe should not be an officer.
(b) Sharpe is a womanizer.
(c) Sharpe has more integrity than many of the gentlemen officers.
(d) Sharpe is the best soldier D'Alembord has ever known.

3. With whose forces is Sharpe fighting in "Sharpe's Christmas"?
(a) French.
(b) Dutch.
(c) Italian.
(d) British.

4. What does Sharpe hope to avoid this Christmas Eve?
(a) A parley.
(b) A rout.
(c) More killing.
(d) A retreat.

5. About what do the two men argue?
(a) Who is the better shot.
(b) Who is the sicker man.
(c) Whether the French are coming soon.
(d) Who will perform the task.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Bernard and Judy Cornwell Foundation?

2. Picard thinks ____________ are on the slopes.

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

4. Who is Ensign Nicholls?

5. What does the bugler do under Sharpe's orders?

(see the answer key)

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