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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In what year was this novel made into a French film?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2001.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters did not believe in the war when he was assigned his number?

2. What month is it as this chapter opens?

3. Who promised to protect Manech for as long as he could?

4. Why did Cornflower try to eat tainted meat?

5. Which of the following was not one of the items Manech had requested from the cook?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Germain try to persuade Mathilde to do and what does he suggest to encourage her further?

2. What information did Poux have about the Eskimo?

3. What did Corporal Urbain tell Juliette about her son's death?

4. What was inside the tin and what information did it provide?

5. What does Mathilde's father agree to do for her, Sylvain and Benedicte?

6. What suggestion from a fellow soldier did Manech follow after he was unsuccessful by eating the tainted meat?

7. Why did Tina Kill Lovrouye and the others and how does she feel about her actions?

8. What happened when the doctor was brought to tend to the men's wounds?

9. What did Poux remember about Six-Soux?

10. Who does Angel write his letter to and what does he say in the letter?

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