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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is displayed at the gathering of the city officials, Pierre, and Cincinnatus?
(a) Photos of executions.
(b) A coffin.
(c) The executioner's axe.
(d) A gravestone.

2. Who does Cincinnatus ask to deliver his letter to Marthe?
(a) The director.
(b) Rodion.
(c) Pierre.
(d) Emmie.

3. What does Cincinnatus think would be necessary for Emmie to rescue him?
(a) For her to love him.
(b) For her to feel sorry for him.
(c) For her to mature yet remain a child.
(d) For her to listen to him tell his story.

4. What does Cincinnatus attribute the scratching on the walls to?
(a) His own overactive imagination.
(b) An unknown prisoner in the next cell trying to communicate.
(c) Someone tunneling toward him to help him escape.
(d) Rats in the walls.

5. What does Pierre keep in a large case?
(a) An axe.
(b) A sword.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A bow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is reflected in the mirror of the wardrobe that Marthe brings with her?

2. After Emmie leaves his cell, what does Cincinnatus start philosophizing about in his pile of books?

3. What happens when M'sieur Pierre sits down?

4. When did Cincinnatus first meet his mother?

5. What does Cecilia C. give to Cincinnatus?

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