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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During their sword duel, what do Inigo and the Man in Black discover about each other?
(a) Both are in love with Buttercup.
(b) Both are looking for the six-fingered man.
(c) Neither one is left-handed.
(d) Neither one is fond of seafood.

2. What did the author realize about the manner in which his relative shared the story with him?
(a) Recited it by memory.
(b) The delivery was overly theatrical.
(c) Kept only the action parts.
(d) Made up most of it.

3. When Buttercup falls into Snow Sand, she what?
(a) Pulls herself out using a vine.
(b) Is rescued by Westley.
(c) Is rescued by Humperdinck.
(d) Swims back to the top.

4. Whenever Dread Pirate Roberts' ship is passed down to a successor, what happens?
(a) The ship is painted a different color.
(b) The ship is renamed.
(c) The existing crew is brainwashed.
(d) A new crew is brought aboard.

5. What happens to Fezzik in the middle of Greenland?
(a) The circus fires him.
(b) He is attacked by a band of thieves.
(c) His girlfriend dumps him.
(d) His best friend abandons him.

6. What do Fezzik's parents die from in Mongolia?
(a) Bird flu.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) A plague.
(d) A rock slide.

7. When Buttercup jumps overboard into Florin Channel, someone tells her that she should beware of what?
(a) Merciless pirates.
(b) Prince Humperdinck.
(c) Ravenous piranhas.
(d) Bloodthirsty sharks.

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

9. When Buttercup awakens in the bottom of a boat, who is there with her?
(a) The Count and the Countess.
(b) A Sicilian, a Spaniard, and a giant.
(c) The Dread Pirate Roberts.
(d) A Spaniard, a dwarf, and a Swede.

10. When Buttercup pushes the Man in Black down a ravine and says he can die for all she cares, he says what?
(a) What have you done?
(b) As you wish.
(c) You will pay for this.
(d) Is that the best you can do?

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

12. How many levels is the Zoo of Death composed of?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

13. What is Buttercup to Prince Humperdinck?
(a) A possession.
(b) An enigma.
(c) The love of his life.
(d) The most intelligent woman in the world.

14. Who entertained the author when he was a child recovering at home?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Mother.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Father.

15. Who or what is Prince Humperdinck's one true love?
(a) The Countess.
(b) Buttercup.
(c) Eating.
(d) Hunting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Westley leaving for America?

2. When Roberts takes Westley aside to explain that he is not the real Dread Pirate Roberts, what does he say about the original Roberts?

3. Whenever Buttercup commands the farm boy, he always answers what?

4. How does the Sicilian want Fezzik to finish off the Man in Black?

5. The Man in Black challenges Vizzini to a battle of what?

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