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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Mahogany Box.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mathilde search for as she begins to try to prove Pierre-Marie wrong?
(a) Military records.
(b) A stamp.
(c) Manech's commanding officer.
(d) The trench named Bingo.

2. Which of the following characters did not believe in the war when he was assigned his number?
(a) Angel.
(b) Common Law.
(c) Bastoche.
(d) Six-Soux.

3. What was Manech's nickname?
(a) Cornflower.
(b) Angel.
(c) Common Law.
(d) Eskimo.

4. What year is it when Mathilde receives the letter from the dying man?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1920.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Mathilde sent a letter to the wife of The Man?

2. What did the woman believe about Veronique?

3. Where did Mariette Notre-Dame go when she left for good leaving no forwarding address?

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

5. Why was Valentina upset with her godmother?

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