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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. Which character does the author say is a man of few words?
(a) Herradores.
(b) Salgando.
(c) Alatriste.
(d) Reverte.

2. What language did Doego Alatriste have a taste in before he ran away?
(a) Latin.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Arabic.

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

4. What do the swarm of black clad men cry in the name of?
(a) The convent.
(b) Spain.
(c) The Inquisition.
(d) The King.

5. Which famous book did Louis Hurtado translate?
(a) Funny Bones.
(b) The Pilgrim.
(c) Auto de Fe.
(d) Palmerin of England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do the Domincans ask Inigo about?

2. What is it said that Martin Saldana is not so slow in doing?

3. What question is Inigo replying to when he is shouted over by the screams of a tortured woman?

4. What does Angelica slip into Inigo's hand?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Inigo caught in this section?

3. Describe the conversation between Inigo and Angelica in this section?

4. How does Inigo know Alatriste has escaped?

5. What does Saldana think the evidence at the scene of the crime says about the murderer?

6. How did Alatriste Kill the young nephew of Conde de Guadalmedina?

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

8. What does Vicente say about Coroado?

9. What does Alatriste do at the La Benitas?

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

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