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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Mining.
(b) Farming.
(c) Shoemaking.
(d) Blacksmithing.

2. Where was the village the Guerre family moved from?
(a) Artigat in the French province of Languedoc.
(b) Rieux in Spain.
(c) Basque country near the border of the Kingdom of Spain
(d) Fiox in the French province of Languedoc.

3. Why didn't Bertrande end her marriage?
(a) She wanted her son to get his inheritance.
(b) She still loved Martin.
(c) She wanted to make her mother mad.
(d) She needed to be a Guerre.

4. What did Pierre do to retaliate against the impostor's threats?
(a) He accused him of being an impostor.
(b) He threatened to kill him.
(c) He cut him off financially.
(d) He accused him of stealing grain.

5. What three things does the author say Bertrande did while she Martin was away?
(a) She learned to read, raised her son, and played with Martin's sisters.
(b) She worked, raised her son, and waited.
(c) She did crafts, played with Martin's sisters, and raised her son.
(d) She spun thread, raised her son, and waited.

6. In Chapter 3, the author speculates Martin may have _________Bertrande.
(a) Loved.
(b) Hit.
(c) Hated.
(d) Feared.

7. Overall, Artigat was considered a __________place to live than the impostor's old village.
(a) More important.
(b) Better.
(c) Prettier.
(d) Worse.

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

9. Land was limited in the impostor's village. How did peasants find enough land to farm?
(a) They use garden boxes.
(b) They steal it.
(c) Share-cropping.
(d) They go to neighboring villages and use the land.

10. Why did the author rule out the possibility of Martin having gone to the university?
(a) Martin was illiterate.
(b) Martin hated school.
(c) The university was too far away.
(d) Martin was a peasant.

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

12. How many children did Arnaud and Betrande produce?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

13. Instead of considering Martin and Bertrande's problem as a medical condition, villagers believed they were ______.
(a) Bewitched.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Infertile.
(d) Unhappy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sisters did the real Martin have?

2. What physical evidence was there that the impostor could not be Martin?

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

4. What was the impostor's nickname?

5. How many years was the real Martin gone from Artigat before he returned home?

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