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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 do the Domincans say is wrong with the de la Cruz family?
(a) They are sexless.
(b) There blood is impure.
(c) They are traitors.
(d) They have a head sickness.

2. Which character does Inigo find mortally wounded?
(a) Quevedo.
(b) Alatriste.
(c) Vicente de la Cruz.
(d) Luis de la Cruz.

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

4. What did Diego Alatriste enlist as in the army?
(a) A foot soldier.
(b) A drummer boy.
(c) A photographer.
(d) A gunner.

5. What does the narrator say is eating Spain's heart?
(a) Rats.
(b) Ulcers.
(c) Crime.
(d) Foreigners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 5?

2. Which famous book did Louis Hurtado translate?

3. What does the narator say is the only thing the Spanish have left in their pockets?

4. What was used to strangle the dead woman?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Domincans interrogate Inigo?

2. How does Inigo let Altriste down again in this section?

3. How does Inigo earn the soldier's respect in this section?

4. What does Alatriste do at the La Benitas?

5. Why is Alatriste thinking of returning to the Netherlands?

6. What efforts has Vicente made to get his daughter back from Coroado?

7. How does Inigo know Alatriste has escaped?

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

9. How have the priests convinced the nuns at the convent to sleep with them?

10. What does de Quvedo tell Alatriste about the new job he has for him?

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