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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the strangled woman?
(a) Maria Monuenga.
(b) Angelica de Malatesta.
(c) Lauren Wren.
(d) Esther Estebiano.

2. What kind of hat is Elvira made to wear?
(a) A conical hat.
(b) A top hat.
(c) A square hat.
(d) A bowler hat.

3. Who has persuaded King Philip IV to ban gambling?
(a) The government.
(b) The Church.
(c) The Queen.
(d) His mother.

4. What two people does Quevedo say have been arrested?
(a) Elvira and Inigo.
(b) Saldana and Perez.
(c) Vicente and Luis.
(d) Inigo and Angelica.

5. Where does Alquezar get his short sword?
(a) From a shelf.
(b) From his wardrobe.
(c) From under his bed.
(d) From his chest of drawers.

6. What does Alatriste offer Olivares in return for helping him free Inigo?
(a) His services anytime.
(b) All of his fortune.
(c) His house.
(d) The hand of his daughter.

7. What is the title of Chapter 9?
(a) Burn Baby Burn.
(b) Saved.
(c) Auto-de-fe.
(d) Death the Heretics.

8. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) San Gines Alley.
(b) Frumpy.
(c) Diego, Diego.
(d) Give in Or it Will Hurt.

9. Altriste's hideout had a secret exit to __________.
(a) A church.
(b) An unused alleyway.
(c) A baseball ground.
(d) The sewers.

10. What is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) Boy in Trouble.
(b) A Desperate Beating.
(c) A Flamboyant Swordsman.
(d) A Nocturnal Visit.

11. Where does Alatriste wound Malatesta before he leaves?
(a) The thigh.
(b) The chest.
(c) The forehead.
(d) The cheek.

12. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) The Men of Many Religions.
(b) The Fields of Communism.
(c) Men of One Book.
(d) Of Mice and Men.

13. To what town did Quevedo ride?
(a) Alquezar.
(b) Lebrijana.
(c) Calatrava.
(d) Aragon.

14. Who first spots Alatriste in the crowd?
(a) Bocanegra.
(b) Malatesta.
(c) Gualterio.
(d) Alquezar.

15. How does Alatriste delay the servants?
(a) He yanks down a chandelier.
(b) He pulls on a piece of carpet.
(c) He throws marbles down the stairs.
(d) He shoots at them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alatriste depart to with the Spanish army?

2. How does Alatriste know Inigo is not destined for the stake?

3. What is Malatesta surrounded by as he is lying wounded on his bed?

4. What does Guadalmedina give Alatriste in this section?

5. Which two people does Guadalmedina say will be burned at the stake?

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