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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 did throwing the five men over the trench cause between the two sides?
(a) A lack of respect.
(b) A sort of bonding.
(c) Heavy fighting.
(d) A peace treaty.

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. Who was the only man not to answer to his name according to Captain Favourier's letter?
(a) Angel.
(b) Six-Soux.
(c) Common Law.
(d) Manech.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many men are being led to their deaths at the beginning of this novel?

3. Why is Mathilde unable to walk?

4. How many men accompanied the condemned men to the trench?

5. What is the young French woman in this novel searching for?

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