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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How had the woman found in the sedan chair been killed?
(a) She was strangled.
(b) She was shot.
(c) She had been drowned.
(d) She was stabbed.

2. What did Diego Alatriste enlist as in the army?
(a) A gunner.
(b) A foot soldier.
(c) A photographer.
(d) A drummer boy.

3. What was written on the note found in the dead woman's pouch?
(a) The peak of life.
(b) For masses for your soul.
(c) Weeping kills the hybrids, laughing raises them to the roof.
(d) Dead souls weep.

4. What does the narrator say every thirteen year old wants to taste from the world?
(a) Every woman.
(b) Every morsel.
(c) Every breath.
(d) Every drop of sweat.

5. The dead woman's head dress and gown lend her the look of __________.
(a) A widow.
(b) A spinster.
(c) A duenna.
(d) A dauphine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the captain say he will accompany the two young popinjays if they don't retract their words?

2. What is Quevedo staring vacantly at through the window?

3. What does Vincente de la Cruz stand before the narrator holding?

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

5. What is it always good to have a sense of before the dance?

(see the answer key)

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