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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. How does Argensola feel about his dinners with Marcelo?
(a) Finds them informative.
(b) Marcelo never invites Argensola to dinner.
(c) Finds them fascinating.
(d) Finds them boring.

2. In Part 3, Chapter 3, what maps is Marcelo shown?
(a) Building plans.
(b) Enemy locations.
(c) Layout for a new estate.
(d) Country guidelines.

3. Near the end of Part 3, Chapter 3, who are Marcelo and the senator introduced to?
(a) The general.
(b) The chief.
(c) The Count.
(d) The Keeper.

4. What does Marcelo find when he returns to his castle at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6?
(a) The Keeper has resurrected.
(b) The Germans have left.
(c) Julio.
(d) More cars and Germans.

5. Who does Julio believe was wounded in the war when he learns about Marguerite's situation?
(a) Marguerite herself.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Marcelo.
(d) Her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3, Chapter 3, what do the soldiers use to make their homes?

2. What turns the tide of the war and helps Paris escape certain invasion?

3. In Part 3, Chapter 1, what division is Rene transferred to?

4. Who arranges for Julio to convalesce in Paris for two weeks?

5. Where are the cannons installed in Part 2, Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it difficult for the party in Part 3, Chapter 5 to find Julio's grave?

2. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 4, what does Julio learn about Marguerite?

3. How does Marcelo feel at the end of Part 3, Chapter 3?

4. How does Luisa and Elena's relationship change in Part 3, Chapter 1, and why?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 5, where is Marcelo taken, and why? What does he see?

6. What is the significance of Pau, and how does this city make Julio feel?

7. Why does Julio return to Paris in Part 3, Chapter 4, and what happens during his stay?

8. Who does Marcelo become friends with in Part 3, Chapter 2, and what alters their friendship?

9. What happens to Marcelo's castle at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6?

10. How do the Germans repay Marcelo and the Keeper's hospitality in Part 2, Chapter 5?

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