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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sunflowers at the End of the World.

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) Refuse to follow direct orders.
(c) Allow them to be killed by firing squad.
(d) Throw them over the top of a trench to be killed.

2. When did Tina write the letter to Mathilde?
(a) The first time Madam Conte told her she was trying to contact her.
(b) When she was visiting her lover's grave.
(c) As she was waiting to be led to the guillotine.
(d) After Madam Conte's death.

3. When did Gunther Weiss die?
(a) The fourth day of fighting following the day the men were thrown over the trench.
(b) The first day of fighting following the day the men were thrown over the trench.
(c) The second day of fighting following the day the men were thrown over the trench.
(d) The third day of fighting following the day the men were thrown over the trench.

4. Who wrote the strangest of all of the letters?
(a) Eskimo.
(b) Six-Soux.
(c) Common Law.
(d) Angel.

5. What did Benoit hear someone yell as the shelling continued?
(a) Manech was still alive.
(b) Gordes was also still alive.
(c) Eskimo was dead.
(d) French soldiers yelling shit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bastoche's nickname?

2. Where did Esperanza meet Manech?

3. Why can't Mathilde contact Favart?

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

5. How long did it take before Gunther's commanding officer came to explain how he died?

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