4. What is Alatriste looking for as he examines the exterior of the convent?
(a) Wearing of the stones.
(b) Points of entry.
(c) Evidence linking Coroado to the murder.
(d) Signs of a scuffle.

5. Who scales the garden wall?
(a) De la Cruz.
(b) Alatriste.
(c) Quevedo.
(d) Inigo.

6. What does the narrator say the captain had cleaned during the night?
(a) His pistols.
(b) His dagger.
(c) His sword.
(d) His shoes.

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

8. What was used to strangle the dead woman?
(a) A silk cord.
(b) A sailor's rope.
(c) A satin tie.
(d) A red ribbon.

9. How did Philip the Fourth respond to the warm ovation given to him by the crowd?
(a) He doffed his hat.
(b) He threw them flowers.
(c) He waved back at them.
(d) He raised his arms.

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

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

12. Where had the chief constable served as a soldier?
(a) France.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Flanders.
(d) Brazil.

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

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

15. Whom does Inigo claim he happened upon as he was walking the streets?
(a) A broken crucifix.
(b) A wounded man.
(c) A crying child.
(d) A crying nun.