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

2. What did Esperanza's commander tell him to do in regards to Bingo Crepuscule?
(a) Write down the events that happened there.
(b) Report on the success of his mission there.
(c) Tell him about the captain's reluctance to follow orders there.
(d) Forget everything that happened there.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character was an orphan and married an orphan?

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

3. Who wrote the strangest of all of the letters?

4. From what country is the author of this novel?

5. In what year was this novel made into a French film?

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