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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the young women of the convent watch the mass?
(a) From the tower.
(b) Through the windows.
(c) Through a gap in the curtain.
(d) Behind an ornate screen.

2. What is the name of Conde de Olivares' wife?
(a) Philipa Esteban.
(b) Esther Benitas.
(c) Teresa de Guzman.
(d) Marie Cornette.

3. What did Diego Alatriste enlist as in the army?
(a) A drummer boy.
(b) A photographer.
(c) A gunner.
(d) A foot soldier.

4. To what does the narrator try to give a good kick, but with little success?
(a) A dog.
(b) A child.
(c) A pigeon.
(d) A cat.

5. How had the woman found in the sedan chair been killed?
(a) She was strangled.
(b) She was shot.
(c) She was stabbed.
(d) She had been drowned.

6. Who, other than Alatriste, examines the church's exterior wall?
(a) De la Cruz'z youngest son.
(b) De Olivares.
(c) Inigo.
(d) De la Cruz's eldest son.

7. Where had the chief constable served as a soldier?
(a) Flanders.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) France.
(d) Brazil.

8. What does the narrator say the captain had cleaned during the night?
(a) His pistols.
(b) His sword.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His dagger.

9. Captain Cuesta is deaf to _____________.
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Foreign languages.
(c) A woman's charms.
(d) Swearing.

10. How did Philip the Fourth respond to the warm ovation given to him by the crowd?
(a) He raised his arms.
(b) He doffed his hat.
(c) He waved back at them.
(d) He threw them flowers.

11. For what two worlds does the author say Madris is the capital?
(a) The old and the new.
(b) The rich and the poor.
(c) The political and the artistic.
(d) The exciting and the boring.

12. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) The Case of the Missing Spanish Crown.
(b) The People's Needs.
(c) Spanish Moss.
(d) The Neck and the Noose.

13. Inigo insists that he comes from __________.
(a) A Christian family.
(b) A communist family.
(c) A Muslim family.
(d) An atheist family.

14. How does Inigo describe the humming noise he hears?
(a) Ti-ri-tu, ta-ta.
(b) Fe-fi-foe.
(c) Baa-bab-baa.
(d) La-li-laaa.

15. What is the penalty for breaking into a convent?
(a) A public stoning.
(b) Death.
(c) Life in prison.
(d) Community service.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what form are bull fights often celebrated?

2. What does Sor Josefa ask God to send the king and queen?

3. What do the swarm of black clad men cry in the name of?

4. What is the name of the tavern the narrator and his friends visit?

5. What are Alatriste and the others going to use to escape once they have de la Cruz's daughter?

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