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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men accompanied the condemned men to the trench?
(a) 5.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 7.

2. Why was Valentina upset with her godmother?
(a) For Talking about Nino with a stranger.
(b) For corresponding with Mathilde.
(c) For not calling her sooner.
(d) For not allowing her to live with her.

3. What does Elodie Gordes need the pension for?
(a) Moving to a new country.
(b) Starting the business she always dreamed of.
(c) Starting a new life with her lover.
(d) Supporting her five children.

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

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

6. 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 refused to write one himself.
(d) He was in too much of a transe-like state to write.

7. How old is Mathilde at this point in the novel?
(a) 16.
(b) 21.
(c) 25.
(d) 19.

8. Who does Mathilde hire Germain to find?
(a) Tina Lambardi.
(b) Manech.
(c) Eskimo.
(d) Celestin Poux.

9. When did Madam Conte say Valentina lasted visited?
(a) January 1917.
(b) April 1917.
(c) January 1918.
(d) December 1918.

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

11. How many men does Pierre-Marie tell Esperanza were condemned to death after being convicted of self-mutilation?
(a) 10.
(b) 28.
(c) 14.
(d) 5.

12. Which of the men condemned to death did Esperanza indicate was wearing German boots?
(a) Common Law.
(b) Eskimo.
(c) The man.
(d) Six-Soux.

13. What did the woman believe about Veronique?
(a) That Veronique was making up stories.
(b) That she was hiding something from her.
(c) That she was constantly talking to Eskimo.
(d) That Veronique thought she was crazy.

14. Why does Germain say he will find Poux for no extra cost?
(a) He knwos where he is hiding.
(b) He loves Mathilde.
(c) He wants to prove himself.
(d) He already was paid to find Poux.

15. What did Little Louis learn about Biscuit?
(a) He had fled to America.
(b) He also died in the war.
(c) He lived in Paris.
(d) He married Vera.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sylvain go to visit?

2. What is Louis Teyssier to Eskimo?

3. What did Esperanza allow the condemned men do as they ate?

4. What did the enemy side throw out over no-man's-land?

5. Which of the following is not one of the things Esperanza gives to Mathilde as she leaves?

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