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

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

3. What did Little Louis believe the fight between Eskimo and Vera was about?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Money.
(c) Another woman.
(d) Eskimo's bad habits.

4. Why is Mathilde unable to walk?
(a) She was born unable to walk.
(b) A shell from the war hurt her.
(c) She fell off of a ladder when she was little.
(d) She was painting and the easel fell on her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Madam Conte say she is related to Valentina?

2. When did Madam Conte say Valentina lasted visited?

3. What year is it when Mathilde receives the letter from the dying man?

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

5. Which character was an orphan and married an orphan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Poux tell Mathilde about the five condemned men?

2. What does Elodie explain in her letter?

3. What does the typed list show?

4. What does Mathilde do after she finds the stamp that shows Queen Victoria's full name on it?

5. What request does Benjamin make of Elodie?

6. How does Mathilde figure out the code in Benoit's letter?

7. Who has the strangest letter and what does it talk about?

8. What information was Favart able to share with Tina?

9. What is Esperanza dying from and how does it affect what he tells Mathilde?

10. What did Gerstacker learn as he was led across no-man's-land?

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