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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Westley do during the year he spends with the Dread Pirate Roberts?
(a) Learns to cook and clean.
(b) Writes a book about the pirate.
(c) Writes poetry about love and beauty.
(d) Learns to fence, hand fight, and sail.

2. What do Fezzik's parents die from in Mongolia?
(a) A rock slide.
(b) Bird flu.
(c) A plague.
(d) Food poisoning.

3. Inigo grows up in Central Spain raised by his:
(a) Mother and father.
(b) Father.
(c) Mother.
(d) Older sister.

4. As the Spaniard waits for the mystery man to reach the top of the Cliffs of Insanity, what does he ponder?
(a) Where he might be able to get a drink of water.
(b) Whether or not the man has a gun.
(c) What his wife is doing back home.
(d) How sad it will be to have to kill him.

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

6. Who or what is Prince Humperdinck's one true love?
(a) Buttercup.
(b) Hunting.
(c) The Countess.
(d) Eating.

7. Although Buttercup doesn't know it, three people in the crowd that greets her in Florin City are planning what?
(a) To overthrow the Prince.
(b) A lavish wedding celebration for her and the Prince.
(c) A surprise birthday party for her.
(d) To kill her.

8. Who is Jason?
(a) Author's pen name.
(b) Author's uncle.
(c) Author's father.
(d) Author's son.

9. Who entertained the author when he was a child recovering at home?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Uncle.

10. How old is Buttercup when she is introduced to the people of Florin City?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Thirty.

11. Although the six-fingered man had promised to pay Inigo's father five hundred gold pieces for the custom-made item, in the end he's willing to pay no more than:
(a) Ten.
(b) A hundred.
(c) Fifty.
(d) One.

12. What is the name of Westley's pirate ship?
(a) Red Dread.
(b) Black Pearl.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Courage.

13. Inigo Montoya comes from what village?
(a) Estepona.
(b) Almeria.
(c) Arabella.
(d) Carlotta.

14. Why is Westley leaving for America?
(a) He was invited to travel to America with the Countess.
(b) He wants to seek his fortune to build a life for himself and Buttercup.
(c) Buttercup has broken his heart.
(d) He is tired of being abused and wishes to start over in America.

15. When Fezzik's parents grow tired of other children beating up their son, what do they do?
(a) Talk to his teacher.
(b) Move into a cave.
(c) Teach him to rhyme.
(d) Teach him to fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fezzik enjoy doing?

2. What childhood ideals did the author see slipping away from his life?

3. Inigo's father is a master craftsman who makes what?

4. When Buttercup pushes the Man in Black down a ravine and says he can die for all she cares, he says what?

5. When Buttercup awakens in the bottom of a boat, who is there with her?

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