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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day do the scratching noises start up again, for the last time?
(a) In the late afternoon.
(b) Exactly at noon.
(c) In the dead of night.
(d) In the early morning.

2. Where is the light on Cincinnatus' ceiling placed?
(a) Not quite in the center of the ceiling.
(b) At the edge of the room, right over the door.
(c) At the edge of the room, right over the window.
(d) Exactly in the center of the ceiling.

3. What do the guards bring Cincinnatus instead of hot chocolate to drink?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Milk.
(c) Tea.
(d) Wine.

4. Where will the execution take place?
(a) The Capitol Steps.
(b) Honor Park.
(c) Remembrance Monument.
(d) Thriller Square.

5. What does the spider turn into before Cincinnatus leaves for his execution?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A rat.
(c) A mechanical fake.
(d) A bouncing ball.

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

7. Who brings Cincinnatus' chair back to him?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Emmie.
(c) The librarian.
(d) Rodion.

8. How does Cincinnatus say that the prison clock works?
(a) The watchman paints new hands on the clock each hour.
(b) A small man is inside it turning the clock dial.
(c) The clock is replaced each hour with one showing a different time.
(d) The dial stays in the same place but the clock is rotated each hour.

9. What does Cincinnatus do when Marthe offers to have sex with him?
(a) He refuses.
(b) He says that he wants to but he's too afraid.
(c) He doesn't answer.
(d) He says yes, if Marthe agrees to be quiet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is displayed at the gathering of the city officials, Pierre, and Cincinnatus?

2. What does Pierre tell Cincinnatus to do in the moments before the execution?

3. Who does Rodrig show Cincinnatus a 'photohoroscope' of?

4. Where does the tunnel lead to?

5. What happens to the tunnel entrance in Cincinntus' cell?

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