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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who found the chief constable his current position in the police force?
(a) His step-father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His father-in-law.

2. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) The People's Needs.
(b) Spanish Moss.
(c) The Case of the Missing Spanish Crown.
(d) The Neck and the Noose.

3. Whom does the narrator meet on the top steps when he goes out onto the hall?
(a) De Quevedo.
(b) Esteban.
(c) Reverte.
(d) Arcabuz.

4. What is the name of Conde de Olivares' wife?
(a) Esther Benitas.
(b) Philipa Esteban.
(c) Teresa de Guzman.
(d) Marie Cornette.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator hear fine ladies and gentlemen saying as they step out of the plaza?

2. Which character does the author say is a man of few words?

3. What had steel flashed like in the ugly scuffle?

4. What does the narator say is the only thing the Spanish have left in their pockets?

5. How had the woman found in the sedan chair been killed?

(see the answer key)

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