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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emmie say that she and Cincinnatus should do after he is rescued?
(a) Travel the world.
(b) Build a castle.
(c) Get married.
(d) Rob a train.

2. Where does Cincinnatus see Marthe, during his trip to the location of his execution?
(a) Peeking out of a window.
(b) Hiding behind a wheelbarrow.
(c) On a park bench, kissing a man.
(d) In an apple tree.

3. In the photohoroscope, when does the subject die?
(a) At fifty years old.
(b) At seventy years old.
(c) At sixty years old.
(d) At forty years old.

4. What happens to the tunnel entrance in Cincinntus' cell?
(a) It is plastered over.
(b) It is covered with a sign that says "Do Not Enter."
(c) It is loosely boarded over.
(d) It disappears without explanation.

5. When Pierre talks to CIncinnatus about the execution, when does he say it is scheduled for?
(a) Three days hence.
(b) Five days hence.
(c) One week hence.
(d) The day after next.

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

7. What do women throw at Cincinnatus as he passes on the way to his execution?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Stockings.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Rice.

8. Why does CIncinnatus ask the guards to stop bringing the paper?
(a) Because articles about his upcoming execution are always clipped out.
(b) Because he finds the news depressing.
(c) Because the newspaper is always filled with lies about him.
(d) Because the papers are starting to pile up in the corner of the cell.

9. What does Cincinnatus insist on doing himself?
(a) Cleaning his neck.
(b) Speaking to the crowd.
(c) Placing the block.
(d) Removing his shirt.

10. What does Pierre keep in a large case?
(a) A bow.
(b) A rifle.
(c) An axe.
(d) A sword.

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

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

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

14. What does Cincinnatus think when the scratching noises pause and then continue?
(a) That the scratcher is uncertain.
(b) That the scratcher may want to harm him.
(c) That he cannot stop them.
(d) That he has communicated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cincinnatus complain about that causes Pierre to call him rude?

2. How does Cincinnatus get to the location of the execution?

3. What does Cecilia C. tell Cincinnatus about his father?

4. What does Cincinnatus finally ask for as his last wish?

5. What falls from the sky when Cincinnatus goes to bed to read his novel?

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