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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, The Announcement: Pages 87-107.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the author was a child in 1941, what happened to him?
(a) Bike accident.
(b) Polio.
(c) Near drowning.
(d) Pneumonia.

2. Why does Buttercup toss and turn all night following the visit from the Count and Countess?
(a) She is worried she might have insulted the Count.
(b) She doesn't want her horse to be taken away.
(c) She wonders why women follow the farm boy around.
(d) She doesn't want her parents to be arrested.

3. As a child, the author was what?
(a) A bubbly child who played the banjo.
(b) A loner who did not excel in sports.
(c) An active, social child involved in theater and sports.
(d) A painfully shy child who loved math and science.

4. Short and stocky, Prince Humperdinck walks like a what?
(a) Crab.
(b) Flamingo.
(c) Gorilla.
(d) Cat.

5. What does the author do in Chapter Four?
(a) Writes about his favorite meals.
(b) Complains about the weather.
(c) Includes an ode to Buttercup.
(d) Interrupts the narrative.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the Spaniard waits for the mystery man to reach the top of the Cliffs of Insanity, what does he ponder?

2. What does the Sicilian do when he reaches the top of the Cliffs of Insanity?

3. The Prince announces that his wedding to Buttercup will take place on what occasion?

4. When Buttercup awakens in the bottom of a boat, who is there with her?

5. Who is William Goldman?

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