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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters is probably thinking about his fiance as he is walking with the others?
(a) Cornflower.
(b) Eskimo.
(c) Angel.
(d) Common Law.

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

3. Where does Mathilde spend much of her time?
(a) Her family's vacation home.
(b) In England, in the hospital.
(c) Walking through the trenches.
(d) In Paris.

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

5. How did Benjamin and Elodie meet?
(a) His family took her in when her parents were killed.
(b) He hired her to take care of his children when his wife died.
(c) He had an affair with her.
(d) They knew each other since they were children.

6. What wish does Captain Favourier speak of in his letter?
(a) The wish that he had ignored orders.
(b) The wish that he will be forgiven for what he did.
(c) The wish to get orders to collect the men.
(d) The wish Esperanza forget everything that was done.

7. What did Biscuit and Eskimo have in common?
(a) They both loved Vera.
(b) They both loved to cook.
(c) They both were condemned prisoners.
(d) They were both woodworkers.

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

9. Which character was an orphan and married an orphan?
(a) Common Law.
(b) Eskimo.
(c) Bastoche.
(d) Angel.

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

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

12. What does Mathilde do when she gets home?
(a) Looks through the items Esperanza gave her.
(b) Tries to contact one of the family members of another person on the list.
(c) Talks to her family about what Esperanza told her.
(d) Cries from grief over her lost love.

13. Which man readily admitted to Esperanza that he had committed self-mutilation?
(a) Eskimo.
(b) Six-Soux.
(c) Manech.
(d) Common Law.

14. What month is it as this chapter opens?
(a) July.
(b) March.
(c) November.
(d) January.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What decision does Therese make that she believes Six-Soux would approve of?

2. What was Bastoche's job before he joined the army?

3. What happened when Mathilde sent a letter to the wife of The Man?

4. What were those that were convicted of self-mutilation but not sentenced to death required to do?

5. How old is Mathilde at this point in the novel?

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