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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator compare to an anthill?
(a) The road leading to the town center.
(b) The steps of the townhall.
(c) The steps of the church.
(d) The mountaiins in the distance.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what do the Domincans accuse Inigo and his accomplices?

2. What does Sor Josefa ask God to send the king and queen?

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

4. What does the narrator say has quickened the constable and Diego's thirst?

5. What is the name of the bridge Angelica's carriage passes over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Chief Constable find on the dead woman's body?

2. How is Inigo caught in this section?

3. How does Alatriste manage to avoid the challenge with the young men?

4. How does Inigo eavesdrop on the conversation that takes place in this section?

5. How does Inigo respond to questioning regarding his family name?

6. What does Vicente say about Coroado?

7. How does Alatriste force the two boys to back down in this section?

8. How does Inigo know Alatriste has escaped?

9. What does Alatriste do at the La Benitas?

10. How are the de le Cruzes and their hired swords found out?

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