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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Mahogany Box.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Elodie Gordes hire the private investigator?
(a) To find her long lost lover.
(b) To find another clue to where her husband might be living.
(c) To have her husband declared legally dead.
(d) To understand the truth of that day at Bingo.

3. What information did Urbain Chardolot share with Mathilde?
(a) That she has seen Manech with her own eyes.
(b) That her son told her that she had seen all five of them dead in the snow.
(c) That she has done some work for Gordes's wife.
(d) That she is aware that Celestin is alive.

4. What happened when Mathilde sent a letter to the wife of The Man?
(a) It was returned saying she did not want to contact Mathilde.
(b) It was forwarded to Paris.
(c) It was never answered or responded to.
(d) It was returned saying she was not at that address.

5. Who promised to protect Manech for as long as he could?
(a) The Man.
(b) Common Law.
(c) Eskimo.
(d) Six-Soux.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did Cornflower try to eat tainted meat?

4. What was Manech's nickname?

5. Why is Mathilde unable to walk?

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