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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the prison as Cincinnatus leaves it?
(a) It crumbles.
(b) It flies away.
(c) Rodrig folds it up and puts it in his pocket.
(d) It fades to transparency.

3. What does Cincinnatus complain about that causes Pierre to call him rude?
(a) The slurping sound Pierre makes.
(b) The color of Pierre's clothes.
(c) Pierre's habit of talking quickly.
(d) The smell of Pierre's feet.

4. How does Cincinnatus say that the prison clock works?
(a) A small man is inside it turning the clock dial.
(b) The clock is replaced each hour with one showing a different time.
(c) The watchman paints new hands on the clock each hour.
(d) The dial stays in the same place but the clock is rotated each hour.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What initials are supposed to be spelled out in lights in the park?

2. Who meets Cincinnatus, when he is finally outside of the prison?

3. Where do the city officials gather to meet with Pierre and Cincinnatus?

4. What time of day do the scratching noises start up again, for the last time?

5. In the photohoroscope, when does the subject die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Cecilia C. ask Marthe for, and what was Marthe's response?

2. Describe what happens to Cincinnatus's cell when the tunnel is completed.

3. What is on the list of acceptable last requests that Pierre reads?

4. What does Emmie's mother describe as Emmie's last prank before going back to school?

5. Describe the plot of Quercus.

6. What does Pierre do after the party starts breaking up, before heading back to the prison?

7. What does Pierre do, when the party moves outside at the meeting between Cincinnatus, Pierre, and the city officials?

8. How does Cincinnatus respond to Pierre's speech?

9. What does Cincinnatus's letter to Marthe say?

10. How does Cincinnatus react when Pierre, the director, and the lawyer announce that it is time for his execution?

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