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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the guards bring Cincinnatus instead of hot chocolate to drink?
(a) Wine.
(b) Tea.
(c) Milk.
(d) Coffee.

2. Where is the light on Cincinnatus' ceiling placed?
(a) At the edge of the room, right over the window.
(b) Exactly in the center of the ceiling.
(c) Not quite in the center of the ceiling.
(d) At the edge of the room, right over the door.

3. What does Cincinnatus attribute the scratching on the walls to?
(a) His own overactive imagination.
(b) Someone tunneling toward him to help him escape.
(c) An unknown prisoner in the next cell trying to communicate.
(d) Rats in the walls.

4. What does Cincinnatus bump into after he is awakened by scratching noises?
(a) A wardrobe.
(b) A box of clothes.
(c) A stack of books.
(d) A tray.

5. What does Cincinnatus do after he writes his last word?
(a) He erases it.
(b) He burns the paper.
(c) He crumples up the paper.
(d) He crosses it off.

6. Who has asked Marthe to marry him?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Their former neighbor.
(c) A city official.
(d) The prison director.

7. What is displayed at the gathering of the city officials, Pierre, and Cincinnatus?
(a) A gravestone.
(b) The executioner's axe.
(c) Photos of executions.
(d) A coffin.

8. Who formally announces that Pierre is the executioner?
(a) Rodion.
(b) The director.
(c) Pierre.
(d) Cincinnatus's lawyer.

9. Who comes through the tunnel?
(a) Pierre and Rodrig Ivanovich.
(b) Rodion and Rodrig Ivanovich.
(c) Rodion and Emmie.
(d) Marthe and Emmie.

10. What falls from the sky when Cincinnatus goes to bed to read his novel?
(a) A giant fake acorn.
(b) A dead bird.
(c) A large purple pot.
(d) A note from Marthe.

11. What does Cecilia C. give to Cincinnatus?
(a) A bag of toys.
(b) A bag of candy.
(c) A bag of pebbles.
(d) A bag of coins.

12. What does Cincinnatus do on the morning of his scheduled execution?
(a) Write his last thoughts.
(b) Sit in the corner under the window.
(c) Pace jerkily around the room.
(d) Stay in bed.

13. What time of day do the scratching noises start up again, for the last time?
(a) Exactly at noon.
(b) In the dead of night.
(c) In the early morning.
(d) In the late afternoon.

14. What does CIncinnatus do in response to the scratching noises?
(a) Call out.
(b) Knock on the walls.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Scratch on the walls.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does Marthe give Cincinnatus for why his execution has been delayed?

2. What happens to the scratching noises when Cincinnatus makes noise?

3. Where does Cincinnatus see Marthe, during his trip to the location of his execution?

4. What does Cincinnatus refuse to do after Pierre's speech about why he pretended to be a prisoner?

5. Who does Rodrig show Cincinnatus a 'photohoroscope' of?

(see the answer keys)

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