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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the director say will need time to prepare for the execution?
(a) Cincinnatus.
(b) The executioner.
(c) The director.
(d) The townspeople.

2. What is Cincinnatus's first job?
(a) Building toys.
(b) Binding books.
(c) Repairing clocks.
(d) Making socks.

3. What does Rodion do while Cincinnatus looks out over the landscape?
(a) He paints.
(b) He sweeps.
(c) He washes dishes.
(d) He washes windows.

4. What reason does Cincinnatus give Emmie that proves to him that everyone is talking about the date of his execution?
(a) He hears people whispering outside his cell.
(b) The guard turns off the radio whenever he approaches.
(c) A square was cut out of his morning paper.
(d) Everyone looks at him as if they know a secret.

5. What was unusual about Cincinnatus' sentence?
(a) The sentence was pronounced three times in repetion.
(b) The sentences was pronounced in a foreign language.
(c) The sentence was pronounced backwards.
(d) The sentence was pronounced in a coded phrase.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds what the lawyer was looking for at the beginning of his meeting with Cincinnatus?

2. What does the director request Cincinnatus to do?

3. What special item has Cincinnatus asked for?

4. How old is Emmie?

5. What does Cincinnatus think is happening when he wakes up the third day?

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