View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Other Side of No-Man's-Land.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sylvain know to look in the newspaper for information?
(a) He received a letter.
(b) He receives a call.
(c) He was looking at the paper anyway.
(d) He heard the commotion behind him.

2. What did Mathilde learn from Valentia about Ange's death?
(a) That he made it to Paris and there he died.
(b) That he was not dead.
(c) That it could not be confirmed at this point.
(d) That it was somewhere near the Somme.

3. How does Manech mark the occasion of his and Mathilde's engagement?
(a) By carving three Ms in a tree.
(b) By writing three Ms on his arm.
(c) By annoucing it to Sylvain and Benedicte.
(d) By running outside and yelling it to the world.

4. How does Mathilde gain information about Mariette's whereabouts?
(a) She writes to the priest who married them.
(b) She talks to her young son, Baptistin.
(c) She goes to visit her in Paris.
(d) She goes back to visit Esperanza.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sylvain go to visit?

2. Which of the following characters was a private investigator who offered Mathilde his services?

3. When was this novel written?

4. Who does Mathilde get a telegram from?

5. Which of the following is one of the things Mathilde was told in the letter she received from Passavant?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 304 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample