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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the outcome of Martin's wound?
(a) He got an infection and nearly died.
(b) He arm was amputated and he got a wooden arm.
(c) His leg was amputated and he was given a wooden leg.
(d) His arm was amputated at the elbow.

2. From whom did the most damning evidence against the impostor come?
(a) Bertrande.
(b) A soldier.
(c) Sanxi.
(d) Pierre.

3. Who may have helped Bertrande during the time she was alone?
(a) Martin's sisters.
(b) Jean de Coras.
(c) Bertrande's mother.
(d) Pierre.

4. What did Martin and his wife name their child?
(a) Sanxi.
(b) Arnaud.
(c) Bernarde.
(d) Pierre.

5. How many sisters did the real Martin have?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Overall, Artigat was considered a __________place to live than the impostor's old village.

2. What did Pierre do to retaliate against the impostor's threats?

3. How was Bertrande's life affected by Martin's disappearance and the scandal?

4. What battle were both Martin and the impostor said to have fought in?

5. From what village did the Guerre family move?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is meant by the following statement: "The realities of this peasant world encourage not only the skills of a good farm wife, but the woman's ability to get her way with the men and to calculate her advantages, say, in remaining a widow."

2. In Chapter 3, the author wrote Bertrande was independent. List three examples that support this claim.

3. Bertrande easily accepted the impostor as Martin. She is reported to have said "They passed the time like two married people." If she knew the impostor was a fake, why would she put up with him? Do you think it's possible Bertrande fell in love with the impostor?

4. In Chapter 4, what specific similarities does the author point out about Martin and the impostor?

5. List some of the ways the impostor prepared to pass himself off as Martin.

6. The author speculates in Chapter 4 that the impostor and Martin could have met during the war, but notes that in his confession, the impostor denied having met Martin. What do you think? Could they have met or was the impostor telling the truth? Explain your answers.

7. How have Catholic views changed today? How are they the same?

8. After Pierre began accusing the impostor of being an impostor, what criminal course of action did Pierre take?

9. What ways does the author describe other cases of people taking a false identity?

10. If the Guerre's home village of Hendaye and their new village, Artigat, were the same, why did the Guerres move?

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