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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Martin's uncle do that further complicated his and Bertrande's strained relationship?
(a) He accused Bertrande of stealing.
(b) He married Bertrande's mother.
(c) He accused Bertrande of running Martin off.
(d) He married Bertrande's sister.

2. Where were court cases heard for Artigat villagers and other area villagers?
(a) Rieux.
(b) Sajas.
(c) Artigat.
(d) Foix.

3. What physical evidence was there that the impostor could not be Martin?
(a) Martin was missing a finger.
(b) Martin had a glass eye.
(c) Martin had a wooden arm.
(d) Martin had a wooden leg.

4. Who do Bertrande and Martin name their baby boy after?
(a) Martin's uncle.
(b) Martin's father.
(c) Bernarde's father.
(d) Martin.

5. How did the family get to their new home?
(a) Walked.
(b) Rode the train.
(c) Drove.
(d) Rode a horse and carriage.

6. Where was the village the Guerre family moved from?
(a) Fiox in the French province of Languedoc.
(b) Artigat in the French province of Languedoc.
(c) Basque country near the border of the Kingdom of Spain
(d) Rieux in Spain.

7. Why did Pierre originally become angry with Martin's impostor?
(a) Because he was stealing grain.
(b) Because he was mean to Bertrande.
(c) Because he was rude to Pierre.
(d) Because he was selling family land.

8. Which of the following was a probable incentive for the impostor to impersonate Martin?
(a) He wanted to hurt Bertrande.
(b) He wanted Martin's clothes.
(c) A bigger inheritance.
(d) He wanted to steal from Pierre.

9. Bertrande, like most women of her time, took on traditional female work, such as house work, crafting, spinning thread, and baking bread. What other work did women do at the time?
(a) Blacksmithing.
(b) Shoemaking.
(c) Mining.
(d) Farming.

10. How did the impostor prepare Martin's family for their first meeting?
(a) He sent a friend to Bertrande's house to inform her.
(b) He announced "Martin's" return so they would be expecting him.
(c) He put an ad in the newspaper.
(d) He wrote them a long letter.

11. What three things does the author say Bertrande did while she Martin was away?
(a) She spun thread, raised her son, and waited.
(b) She did crafts, played with Martin's sisters, and raised her son.
(c) She worked, raised her son, and waited.
(d) She learned to read, raised her son, and played with Martin's sisters.

12. Why didn't Bertrande end her marriage?
(a) She wanted her son to get his inheritance.
(b) She needed to be a Guerre.
(c) She still loved Martin.
(d) She wanted to make her mother mad.

13. What two hobbies did Martin enjoy?
(a) Horse riding and gymnastics.
(b) Swordplay and acrobatics.
(c) Bowling and soccer.
(d) Horseracing and kickball.

14. How old was Martin's wife when he disappeared?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Twenty-seven.
(c) Twenty-three.
(d) Twenty-two.

15. What could Bertrande have done to end her marriage after Martin left?
(a) She could have fabricated evidence that he died.
(b) She could have filed for a divorce.
(c) She could have begged the Pope.
(d) She could have remarried.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Martin want to wait until a peace treaty was signed between France and Spain before he returned home?

2. Land was limited in the impostor's village. How did peasants find enough land to farm?

3. What was the outcome of Martin's wound?

4. Who may have helped Bertrande during the time she was alone?

5. What disease was Arnaud believed to be recovering from when he met Bertrande?

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