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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 throwing the five men over the trench cause between the two sides?
(a) A sort of bonding.
(b) Heavy fighting.
(c) A peace treaty.
(d) A lack of respect.

2. How many men are being led to their deaths at the beginning of this novel?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

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

4. Why wouldn't Manech's captain let him go home?
(a) He didn't trust him.
(b) He didn't like him.
(c) He needed more soldiers.
(d) He wanted him punished.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Benjamin and Elodie meet?

2. Which of the following characters is probably thinking about his fiance as he is walking with the others?

3. What does Elodie Gordes need the pension for?

4. Which of the following characters is from Paris?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the typed list show?

3. What did the captain explain would happen to the condemned men?

4. When had Esperanza last seen Manech and what does he want?

5. What steps does Mathilde do to disprove Pierre-Marie's findings?

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

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

8. What did Angel and another man agree to after Angel's request to return to jail was denied and what happened?

9. When Esperanza chose his ten men, how long had they been traveling?

10. What does the letter Pire sends to Mathilde later tell her about Manech?

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