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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Inigo feign when he is asked to name names?
(a) Confusion and distress.
(b) Memory loss.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Love and tenderness.

3. What happens to Inigo at the end of the chapter?
(a) He is sent back to Alatriste with a message.
(b) He is left for dead.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He is killed.

4. What would Captain Alatriste do when he had too much to drink?
(a) Close up.
(b) Get into a fight.
(c) Verbally abuse everyone.
(d) Fall asleep.

5. What is it said that Martin Saldana is not so slow in doing?
(a) Chatting up women.
(b) Hurling an insult.
(c) Drinking a beer.
(d) Drawing a weapon.

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

7. Where do Alatriste, Inigo and don Quevedo go to mass in this section?
(a) Las Guzman.
(b) Las Coroado.
(c) Las Benitas.
(d) Las Conde.

8. Where does the narrator say the danger in life lies?
(a) In wandering into the unknown.
(b) In not following your instincts.
(c) In admitting you know things.
(d) In not knowing things.

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

10. What had steel flashed like in the ugly scuffle?
(a) The sun.
(b) White teeth.
(c) Pale white skin.
(d) Lightning.

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

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

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

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

15. What country is Malatesta from?
(a) Belguim.
(b) Italy.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Portugual.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator compare to an anthill?

3. Which character does Inigo find mortally wounded?

4. Whom do the Domincans ask Inigo about?

5. What language did Doego Alatriste have a taste in before he ran away?

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