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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 does Eskimo want to be given to his lover?

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

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

4. Why did Mr. Leprince write to Mathilde?

5. Who was the only man not to answer to his name according to Captain Favourier's letter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Veronique Passavant tell Mathilde about Eskimo?

3. Who does Mathilde employ and for what purpose in November of 1919?

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

5. What did the Corporal who shot Common Law claim really happened?

6. How do Sylvain and Benedicte feel about Manech and why do they feel this way?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think self-mutilation is a justifiable reason for condemning a prisoner to death? Why or why not? What types of actions are justifiable, in your mind, for condemning someone to death?

Essay Topic 2

Which of the following characters is a better investigator? Mathilde, Poux, Pire. Why do you feel this way? Which of the three characters listed is the least effective? Why do you think they are ineffective? What could they have done to become more effective?

Essay Topic 3

How do you feel about what Juliette Desrochelles did? Why do you feel that way? What would you have done in her place?

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