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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Sixteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the librarian refuse to do?
(a) Bring Cincinnatus's books.
(b) Particpate in Pierre's card trick.
(c) Discuss the organization of the library.
(d) Discuss the conditions of Cincinnatus's cell.

2. What is Cincinnatus's lawyer looking for when he visits Cincinnatus?
(a) The lawyer is looking for his reading glasses.
(b) The lawyer is looking for his pen.
(c) The lawyer is looking for his cufflink.
(d) The lawyer is looking for his library card.

3. What does Cincinnatus say when he learns his mother has come to see him?
(a) He is glad to meet with her again.
(b) He is too exhausted to have an opinion.
(c) He has been searching for her and is happy to see her for the first time.
(d) He doesn't want to see her.

4. What is dirtying the lawyer's back?
(a) Chalk.
(b) Charcoal.
(c) Paint.
(d) Mud.

5. What does Emmie whisper in Cincinnatus's ear?
(a) She tells him that she loves him.
(b) She tells him the time of the escape.
(c) He cannot hear what she says.
(d) She tells him the route of their escape tunnel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What additional news does Cincinnatus get at the same time?

2. What is the director doing when Rodion brings Cincinnatus back to his cell from the new prisoner's cell?

3. What happens to the tunnel entrance in Cincinntus' cell?

4. What does Pierre say when Cincinnatus asks if he is telling the truth?

5. What irrelevant detail does the letter mention?

(see the answer key)

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