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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does CIncinnatus do in response to the scratching noises?
(a) Scratch on the walls.
(b) Knock on the walls.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Call out.

2. How does Cincinnatus get to the location of the execution?
(a) He walks.
(b) He rides on a bicycle.
(c) He rides on a horse.
(d) He rides in a carriage.

3. What does Pierre talk about during his game of chess with Cincinnatus?
(a) Politics.
(b) The weather.
(c) Religion.
(d) Sex.

4. What does Cecilia C. tell Cincinnatus about his father?
(a) That he is dead.
(b) That he could be anyone.
(c) That he has moved out of the country.
(d) That she never saw his face.

5. What does Emmie say that she and Cincinnatus should do after he is rescued?
(a) Travel the world.
(b) Rob a train.
(c) Get married.
(d) Build a castle.

6. What does Cincinnatus learn from the newspaper?
(a) Pierre is ill.
(b) Pierre is missing.
(c) Pierre is comatose.
(d) Pierre is dead.

7. How do the city officials say to Pierre at the end of the supper?
(a) They congratulate him.
(b) They give him a raise.
(c) They hope they'll have more executions for him.
(d) They warn him to be careful.

8. What does Cincinnatus refuse to do after Pierre's speech about why he pretended to be a prisoner?
(a) Listen to Pierre.
(b) Give Pierre a hug.
(c) Look at Pierre.
(d) Shake Pierre's hand.

9. What does Cincinnatus bump into after he is awakened by scratching noises?
(a) A tray.
(b) A wardrobe.
(c) A box of clothes.
(d) A stack of books.

10. What does Rodrig want to add to Pierre's speech?
(a) His own favorite food.
(b) His own favorite smell.
(c) His own favorite photograph.
(d) His own favorite memory.

11. Who meets Cincinnatus, when he is finally outside of the prison?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Rodrig.
(c) Rodion.
(d) Emmie.

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

13. What falls from the sky when Cincinnatus goes to bed to read his novel?
(a) A giant fake acorn.
(b) A large purple pot.
(c) A note from Marthe.
(d) A dead bird.

14. What does Cincinnatus think when the scratching noises pause and then continue?
(a) That he cannot stop them.
(b) That the scratcher is uncertain.
(c) That the scratcher may want to harm him.
(d) That he has communicated.

15. What does Cincinnatus do on the morning of his scheduled execution?
(a) Stay in bed.
(b) Pace jerkily around the room.
(c) Sit in the corner under the window.
(d) Write his last thoughts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last word that Cincinnatus has to find an additional piece of paper to write?

2. What does Cincinnatus do after he writes his last word?

3. What does Cincinnatus do when Marthe offers to have sex with him?

4. What does Pierre lecture Cincinnatus on, in the evening after Emmie tells Cincinnatus she is planning his escape?

5. Where does Cincinnatus see Marthe, during his trip to the location of his execution?

(see the answer keys)

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