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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the business person that Asterix meets on the road upset?
(a) He cannot sell his oxen.
(b) He cannot sell his furs.
(c) He cannot control his snakes.
(d) He cannot buy new wares.

2. What is used as a means of persuasion on Getafix to get him to reveal his secret?
(a) Bribery.
(b) Poison.
(c) Torture.
(d) Magic.

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) Getafix Vital.
(d) Bard Cacofonix.

4. Where does Asterix hide while traveling with his new friend, the business person, to find Getafix?
(a) In the hay inside the cart.
(b) Inside the boat's galley.
(c) Below the furs.
(d) Under the caravan.

5. Why does Crismus Bonus want to have Getafix's magic?
(a) To move to France.
(b) To defeat Asterix.
(c) To become a magician.
(d) To become the emperor of Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chief Vitalstatistix declare that it is a time for?

2. Who grows discouraged when Getaflx mocks him?

3. What is Getafix searching for in the tree when Asterix comes to him?

4. When Caligula is exhilarated by the effect of the potion, what does he do?

5. Who is the only one in the Gaul village that knows the ingredients to the potion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Crismus Bonus want the potion?

2. How does Asterix plan to rescue Getaflix?

3. What is unusual about the Gauls to Crismus Bonus?

4. Why does Asterix remain unconcerned about the Romans possibly attacking him?

5. What does Crimus Bonus' scheme of a Roman spy foreshadow?

6. Why is Getaflix in a tree?

7. What is the Roman plan for Caligula?

8. Why is Obelix not allowed to drink the potion?

9. How does Asterix react to Caligula's disclosure?

10. How do the Gauls celebrate?

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