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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the Battle of Picardy so important?

2. In what country was the Guerre family's new home?

3. How was Bertrande's life affected by Martin's disappearance and the scandal?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Martin's years of impotence benefit Bertrande?

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

5. 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.

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

7. List some of the ways the impostor prepared to pass himself off as Martin.

8. We know very little about why Martin left his family and disappeared. Why do you think he decided to leave?

9. 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?

10. 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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If Pierre had been able to come up with the money and had the impostor, Arnaud, killed, how do you think things would have turned out? Would the truth still have come out?

Essay Topic 2

The real Martin had trouble remembering events and details from his own life. The impostor, Arnaud remembered everything in great detail. Do you find it odd or natural that the person who lived the events would remember them with less clarity? What conclusions can you draw from this information? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Protestants believed marriage was between the couple who considered themselves married and God and supported the act of divorce if it was necessary. Catholics supported arranged marriages and did not believe in divorce. The author speculates that Bertrande and the impostor, Arnaud, converted to the Protestant faith. Do you think the Protestant views had any effect on Bertrande's and the impostor's beliefs about marriage? Do you think they felt the religion absolved them of guilt?

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