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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What would have happened to Don Luis if had been willing to hand over the file?
(a) He would have been tortured.
(b) He would have been financially rewarded.
(c) He would have been killed.
(d) He would have been given a high position.

3. What does Dom Jaime use to light his way through Carceles' house?
(a) A candle.
(b) A torch.
(c) A match.
(d) A lighter.

4. How did the person in the morgue die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Stabbed.
(c) Tortured.
(d) Drowned.

5. How does Don Jaime think he injured his second attacker?
(a) He broke his arm.
(b) He broke his nose.
(c) He punctured his lung.
(d) He snapped his achilles.

6. Why does Don Jaime say he didn't disclose the truth to the police?
(a) He was being blackmailed.
(b) He was worried about blackening Don Luis's name.
(c) He was scared for his life.
(d) He was in with Dona Adela.

7. Why does Don Jaime think Dona Adela could be responsible for killing Don Luis?
(a) She left her handkerchief at the scene.
(b) She is a spy for the French.
(c) She told him she hated Luis.
(d) She used his fencing techniques to kill him.

8. Which of the following body parts is missing from the body?
(a) Tongue.
(b) Legs.
(c) Fingers.
(d) Lips.

9. Who does Don Jaime say he will go to with the file?
(a) The police.
(b) The government.
(c) The French.
(d) The queen.

10. Why does Campillo say he is surprised that Don Jaime survived the attack?
(a) He is old.
(b) He must have been tired.
(c) It was dark in the room.
(d) He knows only how to fence.

11. Who did Dona Adela arrange for the two thugs to kill?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Campillo.
(c) Don Jaime.
(d) Romero.

12. Where does Don Jaime head to at the end of this section?
(a) The fencing school.
(b) The police station.
(c) Dona Adela's house.
(d) Cafe Progreso.

13. Where does the policeman say they are going?
(a) To the Cafe Progreso.
(b) To the morgue.
(c) The art gallery.
(d) To the police station.

14. Whose body does Don Jaime identify in chapter ten?
(a) Romero.
(b) Don Luis.
(c) Carceles.
(d) Dona Adela.

15. What is the time of day when Don Jaime leaves the police station?
(a) Late afternoon.
(b) Morning.
(c) Early afternoon.
(d) Evening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Don Jaime remove from his desk drawer?

2. How does Don Jaime hurt the first man?

3. How does Don Jaime hurt the second man?

4. Who does Campillo ask Don Jaime if he knows?

5. How does the second man try to capture Don Jaime?

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