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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 Picardy.
(b) The Battle of Toulouse.
(c) The Battle of Artigat.
(d) The Battle of Normandy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take the family to get to their new home?

2. The Guerre family changes their name in the story. What was their original name?

3. Why did Bertrande have to maintain she always believed the impostor was Martin?

4. Only one of the children the impostor and Bertrande produced lived. What was this child's name?

5. What village was the impostor from?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what specific similarities does the author point out about Martin and the impostor?

2. What did the impostor do that began to upset Pierre?

3. What ways does the author describe other cases of people taking a false identity?

4. How did parents view marriage and reproduction in the 1500's in relation to their children?

5. If the Guerre's home village of Hendaye and their new village, Artigat, were the same, why did the Guerres move?

6. In Chapter 4, what specific differences does the author point out about Martin and the impostor?

7. Women in the 1500's lived a somewhat oppressed existence. They were not included in family or village decisions. Their importance was recognized in their ability to work the fields or do housework and raise children. List one way women are the same today and one way they are different.

8. The idea that Martin and Bertrande were "bewitched," is a laughable conclusion today. What is a more logical explanation for Martin and Bertrande's inability to consummate their marriage?

9. In Chapter 3, Bertrande described her life in thirds. What three titles did she give to each third?

10. Why is it symbolic that Martin loses his leg in war?

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