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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Bastoche's job before he joined the army?
(a) Labor organizer.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Pimp.
(d) Welder.

3. How did Elodie describe Benjamin's mood when he came home from the war on leave?
(a) Over joyed.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Relieved.

4. Which of the following is not one of the things Esperanza gives to Mathilde as she leaves?
(a) A group picture of the condemned men.
(b) The typed list of the condemned men.
(c) The names of the recipients of the condemned men's letters.
(d) Copies of the condemned men's letters.

5. What is the young French woman in this novel searching for?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her fiance.
(d) Her father.

6. How does Mathilde gain information about Mariette's whereabouts?
(a) She goes back to visit Esperanza.
(b) She talks to her young son, Baptistin.
(c) She writes to the priest who married them.
(d) She goes to visit her in Paris.

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

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

9. Who writes to Mathilde in January of 1920?
(a) Benjamin Gordes.
(b) Captain Favourier.
(c) Celestin Poux.
(d) Veronique Passavant.

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

11. What decision does Therese make that she believes Six-Soux would approve of?
(a) The decision to send her daughters away.
(b) The decision to keep the money.
(c) The decision to marry.
(d) The decision to leave.

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

13. Where did Esperanza meet Manech?
(a) He served with him when he shot himself.
(b) He was assigned to lead the condemned to a trench.
(c) He was part of the group that was condemned to death.
(d) He was the man who condemned him to death.

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

15. Where did Mariette Notre-Dame go when she left for good leaving no forwarding address?
(a) Train station.
(b) Monestary.
(c) Airport.
(d) A taxi out of the country.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Elodie give Mathilde much information?

3. How did Elodie feel about Benjamin's idea that she have an affair with Eskimo?

4. When did Madam Conte say Valentina lasted visited?

5. Where does Mathilde spend much of her time?

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