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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. Who is Count Rugen?
(a) Close friend of Prince Humperdinck.
(b) Close friend of the farm boy.
(c) Rich man who spies on the farm boy.
(d) Rich man who spies on Humperdinck.

2. Why are other girls NOT talking to Buttercup when she turns sixteen?
(a) They are jealous of her.
(b) She's too stuck up.
(c) They think she's ugly.
(d) She smells bad.

3. Why is Prince Humperdinck upset when he learns that King Lotharon is dying?
(a) The King's funeral will get in the way of the Prince's hunting expedition.
(b) The Prince is not yet ready to rule the land.
(c) The Prince will miss the King greatly.
(d) The Prince must now marry, but he doesn't want to.

4. What did the author realize about the manner in which his relative shared the story with him?
(a) Kept only the action parts.
(b) Made up most of it.
(c) The delivery was overly theatrical.
(d) Recited it by memory.

5. Who is William Goldman?
(a) The book's fictitious author.
(b) The father of the book's author.
(c) The son of the book's author.
(d) The book's author.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author do in Chapter Four?

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

3. What is Buttercup to Prince Humperdinck?

4. Who entertained the author when he was a child recovering at home?

5. What does the Sicilian do when he reaches the top of the Cliffs of Insanity?

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