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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Getafix refuse to give Asterix?
(a) The book.
(b) The ring.
(c) The jewel.
(d) The recipe.

2. What does Getafix use in his search in the tree when Asterix comes to him?
(a) Magic spells.
(b) Golden sickle.
(c) Leather noose.
(d) Bow and arrow.

3. Who issues threats at the small man who loses in the game played by the Roman soldiers?
(a) Crismus Bonus.
(b) Caligula Minus.
(c) Bard Cacofonix.
(d) Getafix Vital.

4. Who turns out to be a dimwitted fool by the end of Section 2?
(a) Cart seller.
(b) Asterix.
(c) Crismus.
(d) Getafix.

5. Who has conquered the Gauls in the first section of the book?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Romans.
(c) Greeks.
(d) Scottish.

6. What does Caligula inform Cristus Bonus about the Gauls?
(a) Their strength comes from a potion.
(b) They can easily be defeated.
(c) They make tasteless food.
(d) They are bad at flying.

7. What does the business person tell Asterix about the druid?
(a) What he does for a living.
(b) Where he was sleeping.
(c) How he was captured.
(d) Where he was born.

8. Who grows discouraged when Getaflx mocks him?
(a) Asterix the Gaul.
(b) Roman Centurion.
(c) Obelix the Warrior.
(d) Marcus Aurelius.

9. Who is the illustrator of the graphic novel Asterix the Gaul?
(a) Crismus Bonus.
(b) Albert Uderzo.
(c) Rene Goscinny.
(d) Asterix Getafix.

10. Who is upset about not taking the potion?
(a) Caligula.
(b) Asterix.
(c) Getafix.
(d) Obelix.

11. What happens to Caligula because he is not aware at first how to control his new power?
(a) His whole body is covered in hair.
(b) He still walks and talks like a man.
(c) He crashes into trees while flying.
(d) He drops the rock on himself.

12. Whose behavior of lamenting his fate and whining reveals his character as weak and cowardly in Section 1?
(a) Asterix.
(b) Obelix.
(c) Getafix.
(d) Caligula.

13. What are Asterix and Obelix eating at their meal?
(a) Shepherd's pie.
(b) Swordfish.
(c) Salmon.
(d) Boar.

14. Who is the village druid?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Obelix.
(c) Getafix.
(d) Crismus.

15. What does Getafix refuse to give up during his capture?
(a) Key to his house.
(b) Recipe for potion.
(c) Pendant for sorcery.
(d) Book with maps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Getafix taken to when he is captured?

2. What does Crismus do in order to find out more about the Gauls?

3. When the Gauls do not seem too concerned that Caligula knows their secret, what does this reveal?

4. Who emerges as a kind and confident character in Section 1 of the book?

5. In order to get the answer Crismus needs, what does one Roman guard suggest doing to Caligula?

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