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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who may have helped Bertrande during the time she was alone?
(a) Bertrande's mother.
(b) Jean de Coras.
(c) Martin's sisters.
(d) Pierre.

2. Martin is believed to have ended up in the army where he fought in and won a crucial battle. Which of the following is a battle Martin fought in?
(a) The Battle of Artigat.
(b) The Battle of Picardy.
(c) The Battle of Toulouse.
(d) The Battle of Normandy.

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

4. What is the main theory of how the impostor learns about the missing Martin?
(a) He overhears someone talking about it.
(b) He is mistaken for Martin by two of Martin's friends.
(c) He hears about it from Martin.
(d) He reads about it in the newspaper.

5. What was the relationship between Sanxi and Martin?
(a) They were brothers.
(b) They were friends.
(c) They were father and son.
(d) They were cousins.

6. How old was Martin's wife when he disappeared?
(a) Twenty-three.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty-seven.
(d) Twenty-five.

7. What disease was Arnaud believed to be recovering from when he met Bertrande?
(a) Small Pox.
(b) Measles.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Plague.

8. With what does Martin's impostor threaten Pierre when he doesn't get his way?
(a) He threatens to steal all Pierre's land.
(b) He threatens to kill Bertrande.
(c) He threatens to kill Pierre.
(d) He threatens a civil suit.

9. From what village did the Guerre family move?
(a) Foix.
(b) Hendaye.
(c) Artigat.
(d) Rieux.

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

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

12. The real Martin was ______________ when he was younger.
(a) Short and thin.
(b) Short and stocky.
(c) Tall and thin.
(d) Tall and stocky.

13. Why did Pierre originally become angry with Martin's impostor?
(a) Because he was mean to Bertrande.
(b) Because he was stealing grain.
(c) Because he was selling family land.
(d) Because he was rude to Pierre.

14. Arnaud became successful at trading agriculture and ________.
(a) Slaves.
(b) Horses.
(c) Silver.
(d) Land.

15. What year did the impostor make his entrance into Bertrande's life?
(a) 1558.
(b) 1556.
(c) 1553.
(d) 1555.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of considering Martin and Bertrande's problem as a medical condition, villagers believed they were ______.

2. The author speculates about where Martin could have gone when he disappeared. What does the author say was the most likely place Martin went to?

3. How many sisters did the real Martin have?

4. Why couldn't Bertrande end her marriage and remarry?

5. Why did Martin want to wait until a peace treaty was signed between France and Spain before he returned home?

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