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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. What season is it as this novel opens?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

2. What does Eskimo want to be given to his lover?
(a) All of his savings and an apology.
(b) The news of his death.
(c) The deed to his house.
(d) The items he has hidden in his safe.

3. How many men accompanied the condemned men to the trench?
(a) 7.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

4. Why did Esperanza write Manech's letter?
(a) He was illiterate and unable to write.
(b) He refused to write one himself.
(c) He was injured in the hand he wrote with.
(d) He was in too much of a transe-like state to write.

5. What is Louis Teyssier to Eskimo?
(a) A friend.
(b) A business associate.
(c) A relative.
(d) A lover.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following characters is from Paris?

3. Which of the following characters did not believe in the war when he was assigned his number?

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

5. Who promised to protect Manech for as long as he could?

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