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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What horrifies Don Jamie about the stab wound?
(a) It comes from a foil.
(b) It was an attack from behind.
(c) It comes from a two hundred escudo thrust.
(d) It comes from a sixty five lunge.

2. What does Campillo recommend that Don Jaime does?
(a) Find a new job.
(b) Find someone else to love.
(c) Get some protection.
(d) Leave Madrid.

3. What does Dom Jaime use to light his way through Carceles' house?
(a) A lighter.
(b) A match.
(c) A torch.
(d) A candle.

4. Where does Don Jaime find the missing letter?
(a) Under the sofa.
(b) On his desk.
(c) Under the sideboard.
(d) Under his table.

5. Why does Campillo say he can't contact Dona Adela?
(a) She is under government protection.
(b) She is missing.
(c) She has gone on holiday.
(d) She has killed herself.

6. What does Don Adela say that Don Jaime has done wrong?
(a) Trusted too many people.
(b) Fallen in love.
(c) Taken the file.
(d) Ignored politics.

7. What is Dona Adela's purpose for her visit?
(a) To offer Don Jaime an explanation.
(b) To recover the missing letter.
(c) To kill Don Jaime.
(d) To get Don Jaime on her side.

8. What did the new man in the woman's life ask for in return for helping her?
(a) Money.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A job.
(d) A son.

9. What does Don Jaime remember happened when he picked up the file?
(a) He dropped the papers.
(b) Someone knocked on the door.
(c) He threw away what he thought was scrap paper.
(d) He blacked out.

10. What does Don Jaime think that Dona Ardela intends to do if he doesn't hand over the document?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Torture him.
(c) Arrest him.
(d) Maime him.

11. What was the stab made by?
(a) A knife.
(b) A sword.
(c) An axe.
(d) A foil.

12. How did the person in the morgue die?
(a) Stabbed.
(b) Drowned.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Tortured.

13. Why does Campillo say he is surprised that Don Jaime survived the attack?
(a) He knows only how to fence.
(b) It was dark in the room.
(c) He is old.
(d) He must have been tired.

14. When don't fencing rules apply?
(a) During combat.
(b) When a murder has taken place.
(c) During peace.
(d) When fighting a non-fencer.

15. Which of the following body parts is missing from the body?
(a) Legs.
(b) Lips.
(c) Tongue.
(d) Fingers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Don Jaime go to see after his breakfast?

2. How does Don Jaime hurt the second man?

3. Who does Carceles think is talking to him instead of Don Jaime?

4. What does Don Jaime place the revolver next to?

5. Whose voice does Don Jaime recognize outside his door?

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