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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Eskimo do in regards to the biplane?
(a) Threw a grenade at it.
(b) Threw a flare at it, setting it on fire.
(c) Fired a machine gun at it.
(d) Pointed at it and laughed.

2. What information did Tina share about Layrouye?
(a) It was his idea to throw them over the trench.
(b) He was the one who had killed the men.
(c) He sentenced them to death.
(d) He lied about the men's pardon.

3. Who does Mathilde let read all of the information she collected in the mahogany box?
(a) Her father.
(b) Sylvain.
(c) Pierre-Marie.
(d) Pire.

4. What did Poux hear about Manech's body from another soldier?
(a) It was never found.
(b) It was riddled with enemy bullets.
(c) It was found shot through the back.
(d) It had a self-inflicted gun shot wound.

5. What are Manech's first words to Mathilde?
(a) You can't walk?
(b) Where are you going?
(c) Why aren't you outside?
(d) Come play with me?

6. How long after their engagement does Manech leave for the war?
(a) The very next day.
(b) About three weeks.
(c) Less than a week.
(d) Almost a month.

7. What was the name of the code that Mathilde thinks Benoit's letter is written in?
(a) Elegante.
(b) Evantour.
(c) Elevator.
(d) Escalator.

8. At what time of day did the Newfoundland soldiers arrive at Bingo?
(a) 4:00 pm.
(b) 1:00 pm.
(c) 8:00 am.
(d) 10:00 am.

9. Whose identification did the man with no injury to his hand wear?
(a) Poux.
(b) Eskimo.
(c) Manech.
(d) The Man.

10. How do Poux and Mathilde get along?
(a) They do not trust each other.
(b) They fall deeply in love.
(c) They do not like each other.
(d) They have an instant camaraderie.

11. Where does Celestin agree to take Mathilde?
(a) Manech's grave.
(b) Bingo.
(c) To see his commanding officer.
(d) Paris.

12. What does Mathilde ask of her father that he agrees to?
(a) To try and save Manech.
(b) To let her move near Milly-La-Forte.
(c) To press charges against Julliette.
(d) To help her gain a new identity.

13. What did Poux say that he remembered a man who had lost his mind doing?
(a) Grab Eskimo's gun and shoot himself in the eye.
(b) Build a snowman in the middle of no-man's-land.
(c) Run back and forth across no-man's-land.
(d) Run toward the enemy laughing hysterically.

14. Whose idea was it for Tina to become a prostitute?
(a) Nino's father's.
(b) Nino's.
(c) Her godmother's.
(d) Tina's.

15. How old was Mathilde when she first met Manech?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mathilde head to Somme?

2. What did Poux witness Common Law do once he left the trench?

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

4. Who contacted Pierre-Marie?

5. How do the soldiers bury the men?

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