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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, The Announcement: Pages 87-107.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the author recovered from his childhood episode, what did he crave?
(a) Music.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Books.
(d) Snow.

2. What does the Sicilian do when he reaches the top of the Cliffs of Insanity?
(a) Fires off a flare.
(b) Utters a prayer of thanks.
(c) Unties the rope.
(d) Pushes the Swede over the edge.

3. Why does Buttercup toss and turn all night following the visit from the Count and Countess?
(a) She doesn't want her parents to be arrested.
(b) She doesn't want her horse to be taken away.
(c) She is worried she might have insulted the Count.
(d) She wonders why women follow the farm boy around.

4. While the author's family was in New York, where was he?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Texas.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) California.

5. The Prince announces that his wedding to Buttercup will take place on what occasion?
(a) His birthday.
(b) His parents' 60th wedding anniversary.
(c) The 500th anniversary of Florin.
(d) Her birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do Humperdinck and Buttercup court?

2. When Buttercup jumps overboard into Florin Channel, someone tells her that she should beware of what?

3. When the Count and Countess stop at Buttercup's house, the Count wants to see Buttercup, and the Countess wants to see who?

4. Who fishes Buttercup out of Florin Channel?

5. At the Cliffs of Insanity, who climbs the sheer cliff walls towards Buttercup and her abductors?

(see the answer key)

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