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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, pages 207-215.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Don Jaime always dreamed of inventing?
(a) The perfect defense.
(b) The strongest sword.
(c) The perfect swipe.
(d) The perfect thrust.

2. What does Don Jaime do before he refills his coffee and sits and waits?
(a) Loads his gun.
(b) Locks the doors.
(c) Sharpens his sword.
(d) Unlocks his doors.

3. Why is Don Jaime troubled by thoughts of Dona Adela?
(a) He thinks she is a murderer.
(b) He thinks she is a sociopath.
(c) He thinks she is going to marry Don Luis.
(d) He thinks she used him for something.

4. What country was Adela living in before she came to Spain?
(a) Russia.
(b) Poland.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

5. What does Don Jaime do during the weekend?
(a) Reads.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Draws.
(d) Writes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following are one of the few things that Don Jaime can determine about Dona Adela's life?

2. What does Don Jaime say he balances his loneliness with?

3. How does the author describe the journalist's smile?

4. Who does Adela claim tried to blackmail her?

5. Where city did Don Jaime settle in after leaving the army?

(see the answer key)

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