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

3. Who is one of the first officers to spot Richard Sharpe's potential?
(a) Colonel Price.
(b) Colonel Gudin.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) The Duke of Wellington.

4. What does Picard believe about himself?
(a) He is charmed.
(b) He is smarter than most men.
(c) He is important to Napoleon.
(d) He is an excellent judge of character.

5. 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 means they really are leaving Spain.
(c) It will keep Sharpe's men from getting trigger happy.
(d) It might motivate the French to surrender.

6. Where will Sharpe's men cover the west road?
(a) Brest.
(b) Irati.
(c) Ochagavia.
(d) Marseilles.

7. How long was each story originally supposed to be?
(a) 12,000 words.
(b) 6,000 words.
(c) 22,000 words.
(d) 45,000 words.

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

9. What does Sharpe look for when he walks north?
(a) Frogs.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) A woman who ran off with his pistol.
(d) Spanish spies.

10. How long has Colonel Jean Gudin been in his present command?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 10 years.

11. What does Caillou know Gudin will do?
(a) Agree to leave Spain without their weapons.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Keep his Eagle at any cost.
(d) Waste his men's lives.

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

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

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

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