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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Elvira been accused of inciting among her fellow nuns?
(a) Hebrew practises.
(b) Christian practises.
(c) Buddhist practices.
(d) Muslim practises.

2. Inigo thinks the woman he can hear screaming is ______________.
(a) Susanna.
(b) Elvira.
(c) Esther.
(d) Angelica.

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

4. What is it always good to have a sense of before the dance?
(a) The music.
(b) The dance steps.
(c) One's body.
(d) The company.

5. What made Inigo forget the fact people were following Alatriste?
(a) A street performance began.
(b) The church bells started ringing.
(c) Anjelica was passing in her carriage.
(d) Someone shouted out his name.

6. What is the title of Chapter 4?
(a) The Bang.
(b) The Injury.
(c) The Assault.
(d) The Fight.

7. What is the currency of Spain in this novel?
(a) Escudos.
(b) Francs.
(c) Pesos.
(d) Euros.

8. What was the name of the tavern where Inigio had left Alatriste?
(a) Taven of the Birds.
(b) Tavern of the Flight.
(c) Tavern of the English.
(d) Tarven of the Turk.

9. What is the first thing that happens to Inigo in the dungeons?
(a) He is stripped and searched.
(b) He is given food and water.
(c) He is strapped to a rack.
(d) He is hit on the head and stamped on.

10. Complete the following line "Why should Greek be a tongue you..."?
(a) Devulge.
(b) Debase.
(c) Delight.
(d) Depise.

11. What had Alatriste told Inigo to do once he had opened the side door?
(a) Guard the door.
(b) Enter the convent.
(c) Wait in the coach.
(d) Return home.

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

13. What does Sor Josefa ask God to send the king and queen?
(a) Male heirs.
(b) Sweetness.
(c) Female heirs.
(d) Humility.

14. For what two worlds does the author say Madris is the capital?
(a) The exciting and the boring.
(b) The political and the artistic.
(c) The rich and the poor.
(d) The old and the new.

15. Who was following the de la Cruzes?
(a) The Inquisition.
(b) The FBI.
(c) Members of the convent.
(d) The military.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What important position does Angelica's uncle hold?

3. Who found the chief constable his current position in the police force?

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

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

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