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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. Why did the author rule out the possibility of Martin having gone to the university?
(a) The university was too far away.
(b) Martin hated school.
(c) Martin was illiterate.
(d) Martin was a peasant.

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

3. The real Martin was ______________ when he was younger.
(a) Tall and stocky.
(b) Tall and thin.
(c) Short and thin.
(d) Short and stocky.

4. Who was Bertrande most likely to have told her troubles to?
(a) Bernarde.
(b) Saint Catherine.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Pierre.

5. How many children did Arnaud and Betrande produce?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what way was the Guerre family's new village most like their old one?

3. What fact leads the author to believe the impostor was after more than an inheritance?

4. Why did Martin's impostor demand to see the account books?

5. While Martin was away, what happened to Sanxi (Martin's father)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the impostor's business ventures benefit Bertrande?

2. Why would being Protestant help the impostor and Bertrande's case?

3. How did Martin's name possibly contribute to his decision to disappear?

4. How was the Guerre's home village of Hendaye and their new village, Artigat, the same?

5. Women in the 1500's lived a somewhat oppressed existence. They were not included in family or village decisions. Their importance was recognized in their ability to work the fields or do housework and raise children. List one way women are the same today and one way they are different.

6. If passing soldiers in Hendaye were somehow ruining the land, why would that affect the Guerres?

7. The impostor went to great lengths to "become" Martin. Do you think this is evidence that his goal was to do more than collect an inheritance? Explain your answer.

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

9. 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?

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

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