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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. When Yellin refuses to give up the gate key, Fezzik threatens to do what?
(a) Tie him to a tree.
(b) Throw him into the moat.
(c) Rip off his arms.
(d) Punch him in the face.

2. As Inigo and Fezzik walk side by side through the Zoo with their arms around each other's shoulders for safety, Fezzik clenches his free fist while Inigo uses his free hand to what?
(a) Try to calm his racing heart.
(b) Keep his balance.
(c) Feel the wall in the darkness.
(d) Draw his sword.

3. How do Buttercup, Westley, Fezzik, and Inigo get past Yellin and the Brute Squad?
(a) Inigo holds Yellin hostage until the four are granted safe passage.
(b) Westley's pirate friends show up to defeat the Squad.
(c) As queen, Buttercup orders the Squad to go help Humperdinck.
(d) Fezzik intimidates everyone with his size and strength.

4. At the Zoo, how do Fezzik and Inigo get past the green-handled door?
(a) It opens mysteriously by itself.
(b) Inigo presses a button with his sword.
(c) They find a secret key.
(d) Fezzik smashes it down.

5. What happens after an older woman ridicules Buttercup for leaving Westley in the Fire Swamp?
(a) Guards seize the woman.
(b) Buttercup wakes up.
(c) Buttercup screams at the woman.
(d) The woman collapses to the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Count upset after Westley dies?

2. What paralyzes Fezzik with fear in the Zoo's fourth level?

3. After Westley explains to Humperdinck what fighting to the pain means, what does the Prince do?

4. When Westley tries to find out where he is, the albino does what?

5. When Fezzik regains consciousness, what does he struggle to remember?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens when Inigo and Fezzik reach the third level of the Zoo of Death.

2. What does Inigo do once he regains consciousness after his battle with the Man in Black?

3. What happens when Buttercup realizes that Humperdinck never sent out his four fastest ships to search for Westley?

4. What happens when Count Rugen and several armed men find Westley, Inigo, and Fezzik inside the castle?

5. How do Inigo, Westley, and Fezzik gain access to the key that grants them entry into the castle?

6. Following her wedding to Humperdinck, what does Buttercup decide to do?

7. What happens after Inigo and Fezzik find the Man in Black at the Zoo of Death?

8. After Humperdinck's original plan to have Vizzini kidnap and kill Buttercup goes wrong, why is the Prince happy that his people are so enthralled by Buttercup?

9. How are Inigo and Fezzik reunited after the death of Vizzini?

10. Goldman's father always ended the book with, "And they lived happily ever after." But Goldman says he has his own theories about what happens after the escape from the castle. What are they?

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