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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. What is the relationship between Pierre and Martin?

2. Which of the following was a probable incentive for the impostor to impersonate Martin?

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

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

5. How many brothers did the impostor have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think the DaGuerres shortened their name to Guerre?

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

3. How did Martin's name possibly contribute to his decision to disappear?

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

5. Why does the author say the impostor was so easily accepted?

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

7. In Chapter 6, what did the impostor do to elevate the Guerre family's status?

8. After Pierre began accusing the impostor of being an impostor, what criminal course of action did Pierre take?

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

10. What is meant by the following statement: "The realities of this peasant world encourage not only the skills of a good farm wife, but the woman's ability to get her way with the men and to calculate her advantages, say, in remaining a widow."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author implies that more innocent changes, such as the Guerre's name change, are in some ways equivalent to what the impostor, Arnaud, did when he changed his identity. Do you agree with this implication? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Considering the three main characters (Martin, Bertrande, and the impostor, Arnaud) who do you find the most fascinating? Which one of these three do you think was the most complex? Why?

Essay Topic 3

In the story of The Return of Martin Guerre, much is made of the Catholic and Protestant religions. The author states that there were three Protestant judges and two Catholic judges in the second trial. She implies this might have had an affect on the outcome of the trial. Do you believe that religion was a strong enough factor to lead the court to hand down a not guilty verdict to a guilty man? Why or why not?

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