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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator compare to an anthill?
(a) The steps of the townhall.
(b) The mountaiins in the distance.
(c) The road leading to the town center.
(d) The steps of the church.

2. Altriste's hideout had a secret exit to __________.
(a) An unused alleyway.
(b) The sewers.
(c) A church.
(d) A baseball ground.

3. Who, other than Alatriste, examines the church's exterior wall?
(a) De Olivares.
(b) De la Cruz's eldest son.
(c) Inigo.
(d) De la Cruz'z youngest son.

4. What have permanently crippled Elvira's joints?
(a) The thumb screw.
(b) The rack.
(c) The iron maiden.
(d) The Chinese burn.

5. Whom does Inigo recognize as the traveler in this section?
(a) Don Quevedo.
(b) Alatriste.
(c) Luis de Alquezar.
(d) Malatesta.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Quevedo meeting Alatriste in half-an-hour?

2. What is the name of the strangled woman?

3. Who has been looking for Alatriste at the Tavern of the Turk?

4. What are Alatriste and the others going to use to escape once they have de la Cruz's daughter?

5. What would Captain Alatriste do when he had too much to drink?

(see the answer key)

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