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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following character traits best described Bertrande?
(a) Happy.
(b) Honorable.
(c) Sneaky.
(d) Deceitful.

2. Which of the following was a probable incentive for the impostor to impersonate Martin?
(a) He wanted to hurt Bertrande.
(b) A bigger inheritance.
(c) He wanted Martin's clothes.
(d) He wanted to steal from Pierre.

3. Who was Bertrande most likely to have told her troubles to?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Bernarde.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Saint Catherine.

4. How long did it take the family to get to their new home?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Three weeks.

5. Why did Bertrande have to maintain she always believed the impostor was Martin?
(a) So she wouldn't be poor.
(b) So she wouldn't lose her children.
(c) So she wouldn't be hung.
(d) So she wouldn't be charged with adultery.

6. What was a large area populated by Protestants called in France?
(a) Loyalist.
(b) Shriners.
(c) Sinners.
(d) Huguenots.

7. What was the impostor's nickname?
(a) Shorty.
(b) Lefty.
(c) Amore.
(d) Pansette.

8. Why couldn't Martin and his wife conceive a baby?
(a) Martin was impotent.
(b) Bertrande had fertility problems.
(c) Martin had fertility problems.
(d) Bertrande was too young.

9. Why did Bertrande and the impostor stay at the inn instead of going home right away?
(a) Pierre wanted to fix up their house before they returned.
(b) To get to know one another "again."
(c) Bertrande was too overwhelmed to travel.
(d) To get their stories straight.

10. Only one of the children the impostor and Bertrande produced lived. What was this child's name?
(a) Sanxi.
(b) Pierre.
(c) Bertrande.
(d) Bernarde.

11. How was Martin wounded in the Battle of Picardy?
(a) He was shot in the leg.
(b) He was shot in the hand.
(c) He was shot in the arm.
(d) He was shot in the stomach.

12. How did the impostor learn initially learn about the details of Martin's life?
(a) By listening to two strangers talk about Martin.
(b) By listening to Martin tell his story.
(c) By reading about it in the newspaper.
(d) By listening to what Martin's friends said about Martin.

13. Pierre noticed that Martin's impostor did not participate in _______________ as Martin did when he was younger.
(a) Crafts.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Swordplay.
(d) Fishing.

14. How many years was the real Martin gone from Artigat before he returned home?
(a) Fourteen years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Twelve years.

15. What was the impostor's real name?
(a) Michael de Furr
(b) Leonardo du Mann
(c) Arnaud du Tilh
(d) Jean de Coras.

Short Answer Questions

1. What battle were both Martin and the impostor said to have fought in?

2. Where were court cases heard for Artigat villagers and other area villagers?

3. What was the relationship between Sanxi and Pierre?

4. Bertrande, like most women of her time, took on traditional female work, such as house work, crafting, spinning thread, and baking bread. What other work did women do at the time?

5. Sanxi and Pierre were good with numbers, but could not____________.

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