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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Old Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Cornflower try to eat tainted meat?
(a) To avoid being killed by an enemy soldier.
(b) As penance for suriving when his friend did not.
(c) To kill himself.
(d) To make himself appear jaundiced.

2. What was Bastoche's job before he joined the army?
(a) Labor organizer.
(b) Welder.
(c) Pimp.
(d) Carpenter.

3. What did the captain wish Esperanza had done with the condemned men?
(a) Taken them to the right trench.
(b) Taken them to another captain.
(c) Let them run off.
(d) Killed them.

4. What is the young French woman in this novel searching for?
(a) Her fiance.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her brother.

5. Which character was an orphan and married an orphan?
(a) Angel.
(b) Eskimo.
(c) Common Law.
(d) Bastoche.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Biscuit and Eskimo stop being friends?

2. Which of the following is not one of the things Esperanza gives to Mathilde as she leaves?

3. How old is Mathilde at this point in the novel?

4. Which of the following was not one of the items Manech had requested from the cook?

5. What had the captain been before the war?

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