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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pierre-Marie try to convince Mathilde to do?
(a) Write to Manech's commanding officer.
(b) Give up her investigation.
(c) Search harder for Manech.
(d) Travel to the trench and claim Manech's body.

2. What had the captain been before the war?
(a) Prison guard.
(b) History teacher.
(c) Artist.
(d) Barber.

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

4. How did Elodie feel about Eskimo?
(a) Passion.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Horror.
(d) Anxiety.

5. Where does Mathilde go to meet Elodies Gordes?
(a) Bingo.
(b) Paris.
(c) Avignon.
(d) London.

6. What couldn't Esperanza believe the French would do to their own soldiers?
(a) Allow them to be killed by firing squad.
(b) Refuse to follow direct orders.
(c) Throw them over the top of a trench to be killed.
(d) Order them to kill their commrades.

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

8. Which of the following was not one of the items Manech had requested from the cook?
(a) Honey.
(b) Hot chocolate.
(c) Coffee
(d) Bread.

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

10. What did the enemy side throw out over no-man's-land?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Flags.
(c) Flares.
(d) Food.

11. What does Pierre-Marie report happened to the condemned men?
(a) They were sentenced to hard labor.
(b) They were thrown above the trench.
(c) They escaped.
(d) They were pardoned.

12. Which of the following characters is from Paris?
(a) Cornflower.
(b) Eskimo.
(c) Common Law.
(d) Angel.

13. How long does Pierre-Marie investigate Esperanza's story?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Eight weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Five weeks.

14. How does Madam Conte say she is related to Valentina?
(a) Friend.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Mother.
(d) Godmother.

15. What belief does Captain Favourier have about the men?
(a) That they died quickly.
(b) That they will forgive him.
(c) That they moved over to the other side.
(d) That all five are still alive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who writes to Mathilde in January of 1920?

3. Why does Germain say he will find Poux for no extra cost?

4. Why is Mathilde unable to walk?

5. What does Mathilde search for as she begins to try to prove Pierre-Marie wrong?

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