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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator hear fine ladies and gentlemen saying as they step out of the plaza?
(a) What a fine day.
(b) Fetch my coach.
(c) Get me a drink.
(d) Justice for the bulls.

2. Of what do the Domincans accuse Inigo and his accomplices?
(a) Robbery.
(b) Sacrilege.
(c) Breaking and entry.
(d) Murder.

3. Where do the young women of the convent watch the mass?
(a) From the tower.
(b) Through the windows.
(c) Behind an ornate screen.
(d) Through a gap in the curtain.

4. Where does Inigo presume they are taking him?
(a) To the dungeons of the Holy Office.
(b) To the Inquisition torture room.
(c) To the Covent prison.
(d) To the king's chambers.

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

6. How are offenses settled at the de la Vega gate?
(a) With pistols.
(b) With staffs.
(c) With swords.
(d) With daggers.

7. In what city is the Holy Office?
(a) Toledo.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Seville.
(d) Barcelona.

8. Who drags Inigo from the carriage?
(a) Vincente.
(b) Benitas.
(c) Dominican.
(d) Malatesta.

9. How does Alatriste respond to the soldiers who greet him?
(a) He touches the brim of his hat.
(b) He kisses them.
(c) He smiles.
(d) He waves his hand.

10. In which country does a priest say Inigo's last name is most common?
(a) Brazil.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Portugal.

11. In what war does Inigo say his father fought and died?
(a) The Boer war
(b) The king's war.
(c) The Crimean war.
(d) The queen's war.

12. Who is Inigo taken before to get him to talk?
(a) Domincans.
(b) Priests.
(c) Cardinals.
(d) Royal advisors.

13. What are Alatriste and the others going to use to escape once they have de la Cruz's daughter?
(a) Bicycles.
(b) Tunnels.
(c) An old cart.
(d) A coach.

14. What language did Doego Alatriste have a taste in before he ran away?
(a) French.
(b) Arabic.
(c) Latin.
(d) English.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the narrator meet on the top steps when he goes out onto the hall?

2. What was used to strangle the dead woman?

3. What is Alatriste looking for as he examines the exterior of the convent?

4. How did Philip the Fourth respond to the warm ovation given to him by the crowd?

5. What is the title of Chapter 5?

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