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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. What did the captain wish Esperanza had done with the condemned men?
(a) Killed them.
(b) Taken them to another captain.
(c) Let them run off.
(d) Taken them to the right trench.

2. Why did Elodie Gordes hire the private investigator?
(a) To find her long lost lover.
(b) To find another clue to where her husband might be living.
(c) To understand the truth of that day at Bingo.
(d) To have her husband declared legally dead.

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

4. Which of the men condemned to death did Esperanza indicate was wearing German boots?
(a) Six-Soux.
(b) Common Law.
(c) Eskimo.
(d) The man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Elodie describe Benjamin's mood when he came home from the war on leave?

2. What season is it as this novel opens?

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

4. When was this novel written?

5. Why wouldn't Manech's captain let him go home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information did Leprince share about Poux?

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

3. What information did Poux have about the Eskimo?

4. What did Poux remember about Six-Soux?

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

6. What did the Newfoundland soldiers do with the dead?

7. What was Six-Soux's goal and what decision did he make as a result of not achieving his goal?

8. How did Veronique feel about the visitor who came asking questions about Eskimo?

9. Who tells Mathilde that Manech has been killed?

10. How does the first meeting between Mathilde and Elodie Gordes go and what does Elodie promise Mathilde?

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