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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Rodrig show Cincinnatus a 'photohoroscope' of?
(a) Cincinnatus.
(b) Rodrig.
(c) Emmie.
(d) Pierre.

3. What does Cincinnatus say when he learns his mother has come to see him?
(a) He doesn't want to see her.
(b) He is too exhausted to have an opinion.
(c) He is glad to meet with her again.
(d) He has been searching for her and is happy to see her for the first time.

4. Who comes through the tunnel?
(a) Rodion and Emmie.
(b) Marthe and Emmie.
(c) Pierre and Rodrig Ivanovich.
(d) Rodion and Rodrig Ivanovich.

5. What does Rodion bring for the spider?
(a) A moth.
(b) A beetle.
(c) A ladybug.
(d) A caterpillar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What park is next to the meeting between Pierre, Cincinnatus, and the city officials?

2. What does Emmie whisper in Cincinnatus's ear?

3. What does Pierre talk about during his game of chess with Cincinnatus?

4. What does Cincinnatus finally ask for as his last wish?

5. Who meets Cincinnatus, when he is finally outside of the prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What announcements does the deputy city director make before the execution?

2. What does Pierre do, when the party moves outside at the meeting between Cincinnatus, Pierre, and the city officials?

3. How does Rodion act toward Cincinnatus?

4. What does Pierre realize that he has forgotten in his speech?

5. How does Cincinnatus react when Pierre, the director, and the lawyer announce that it is time for his execution?

6. How does Marthe get permission to come and see Cincinnatus?

7. What inconsistency in Cecilia C.'s clothes does Cincinnatus point out?

8. Describe what happens to Cincinnatus's cell when the tunnel is completed.

9. What is on the list of acceptable last requests that Pierre reads?

10. What does Emmie's mother describe as Emmie's last prank before going back to school?

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