View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Fifteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the tunnel lead to?
(a) An empty cell.
(b) The prison director's office.
(c) Pierre's cell.
(d) The library.

2. What does Cincinnatus look at in the library catalog?
(a) A note from the librarian.
(b) A child's drawings.
(c) A photograph of himself.
(d) A map of the town.

3. What does Cincinnatus do outside the new prisoner's cell?
(a) He listens at the cell door.
(b) He looks through the peephole.
(c) He writes a secret chalk mark on the wall.
(d) He whistles and knocks.

4. What does Pierre say when Cincinnatus asks if he is telling the truth?
(a) That he can neither confirm nor deny it.
(b) That he never lies.
(c) That he often lies, but not about this.
(d) That he's insulted by the question.

5. What animal does Pierre compare Cincinnatus to?
(a) A snake.
(b) A shy deer.
(c) A prowling cat.
(d) A wolf cub.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pierre keep in a large case?

2. Where is Cincinnatus during his meeting with Pierre the day after Marthe's first visit?

3. Where does Pierre say he is from?

4. How does Pierre characterize Cincinnatus's desire to know the date of his execution?

5. What does Pierre criticize Cincinnatus' attitude as?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 234 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample