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

2. 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 charged with adultery.
(d) So she wouldn't be hung.

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

4. The family of Martin's wife paid a __________ for Bertrande to marry Martin.
(a) Dowry.
(b) Million yen.
(c) Fee.
(d) Ransom.

5. What could Bertrande have done to end her marriage after Martin left?
(a) She could have fabricated evidence that he died.
(b) She could have begged the Pope.
(c) She could have filed for a divorce.
(d) She could have remarried.

Short Answer Questions

1. The real Martin was ______________ when he was younger.

2. What was the main reason suspected for Martin's sudden disappearance?

3. 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?

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

5. What was the outcome of Martin's wound?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, the author wrote Bertrande was independent. List three examples that support this claim.

2. The impostor went to great lengths to "become" Martin. Do you think this is evidence that his goal was to do more than collect an inheritance? Explain your answer.

3. Why would being Protestant help the impostor and Bertrande's case?

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

5. The author speculates in Chapter 4 that the impostor and Martin could have met during the war, but notes that in his confession, the impostor denied having met Martin. What do you think? Could they have met or was the impostor telling the truth? Explain your answers.

6. How was the Guerre's home village of Hendaye and their new village, Artigat, the same?

7. If passing soldiers in Hendaye were somehow ruining the land, why would that affect the Guerres?

8. The impostor was methodical in his deception. He took about 3 years to research his role and then began planting information that Martin was back before he contacted Martin's family. Why do you think the impostor was so slow to implement his con?

9. How have Catholic views changed today? How are they the same?

10. 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.

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