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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After being attacked by several R.O.U.S., Westley is left with a wound where?
(a) Hand.
(b) Thigh.
(c) Shoulder.
(d) Foot.

2. The initials R.O.U.S. stand for what?
(a) Reptiles of unthinkable swiftness.
(b) Reptiles of uncommon strength.
(c) Rodents of unquestionable savageness.
(d) Rodents of unusual size.

3. How long do Humperdinck and Buttercup court?
(a) Three years.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) One week.

4. How old is Inigo when the Sicilian finds him?
(a) Twenty-six.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Forty-two.

5. When Fezzik fights professionally, he usually is what?
(a) Loses.
(b) Let's the other guy win.
(c) Cheered.
(d) Booed.

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

7. While the author's family was in New York, where was he?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Texas.
(d) California.

8. Who fishes Buttercup out of Florin Channel?
(a) The pirate.
(b) The Spaniard.
(c) The Swede.
(d) The Turk.

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

10. When Buttercup takes Horse out for a ride and ponders her impending marriage, she is approached by whom?
(a) The Count.
(b) Three strangers.
(c) A man who looks like the farm boy.
(d) Her parents.

11. What happens to Westley's ship off the coast of America?
(a) It's attacked by the Dread Pirate Roberts.
(b) It disappears in a hurricane.
(c) It's stopped by the Coast Guard and sent back.
(d) It hits a rocky protrusion and sinks.

12. Fezzik is the size of a typical man by the time he is in:
(a) Diapers.
(b) Third grade.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) Fifth grade.

13. Who is William Goldman?
(a) The book's author.
(b) The father of the book's author.
(c) The book's fictitious author.
(d) The son of the book's author.

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

15. How old is Buttercup when she is introduced to the people of Florin City?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Queen speak for the King?

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

3. When Humperdinck reaches the Cliffs of Insanity and studies the climbing marks on the side of the cliff, what does he order his Armada to do?

4. Who or what is Prince Humperdinck's one true love?

5. How old is Inigo when the six-fingered man kills his father?

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