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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cincinnatus have trouble deciding about his letter to Marthe?

2. Who has asked Marthe to marry him?

3. How does Cincinnatus feel when he wakes on the scheduled morning of his execution?

4. What does Emmie say that she and Cincinnatus should do after he is rescued?

5. What falls from the sky when Cincinnatus goes to bed to read his novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the librarian do when Cincinnatus tries to express his true thoughts?

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

4. What does Pierre do after the party starts breaking up, before heading back to the prison?

5. What is a nonnon?

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

7. What reason does Pierre give Cincinnatus for pretending to be a prisoner?

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

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

10. How does Pierre act during his chess game with Cincinnatus?

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