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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bingo Crepuscule.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What couldn't Esperanza believe the French would do to their own soldiers?
(a) Order them to kill their commrades.
(b) Allow them to be killed by firing squad.
(c) Throw them over the top of a trench to be killed.
(d) Refuse to follow direct orders.

2. Why does the smile make the other men uncomfortable?
(a) Because it does not reach his eyes.
(b) Because it has an eerie look to it.
(c) Because they know he is being led to his death.
(d) Because even as he yells, he smiles.

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

4. Why wouldn't Manech's captain let him go home?
(a) He wanted him punished.
(b) He didn't like him.
(c) He didn't trust him.
(d) He needed more soldiers.

5. Which man readily admitted to Esperanza that he had committed self-mutilation?
(a) Eskimo.
(b) Manech.
(c) Six-Soux.
(d) Common Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Daniel Esperanza dying from?

2. What did Esperanza's commander tell him to do in regards to Bingo Crepuscule?

3. What does Manech wear as he walks with the others?

4. Which of the men condemned to death did Esperanza indicate was wearing German boots?

5. When was this novel written?

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