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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who writes to Mathilde in January of 1920?

3. What year did Biscuit and Eskimo stop being friends?

4. Which of the following characters was a private investigator who offered Mathilde his services?

5. What was Bastoche's job before he joined the army?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Little Louis tell Mathilde about Eskimo and Veronique?

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

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

5. What changed in regards to Tina and Nino's life that made it a no longer good life?

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

7. What did Poux remember about Six-Soux?

8. What do the Newfoundland soldiers find between Bingo and the German trench?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What part did the red glove play in the development of the plot of this story? Do you think this was a crucial piece of information? Why or why not? Could the story have been written without the glove? What would have changed?

Essay Topic 2

How do think the relationship between Manech and Mathilde will progress? Do you think they will pick up where they left off? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Do you think Mathilde will be able to forgive Juliette? Why or why not? Would you be able to forgive her? Why or why not?

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