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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 did Elodie reveal about her love of Benjamin in her letter to Mathilde?

2. What did throwing the five men over the trench cause between the two sides?

3. Where does Mathilde spend much of her time?

4. Where does Mathilde go to meet Elodies Gordes?

5. Which of the following is not one of the things Esperanza gives to Mathilde as she leaves?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Elodie explain in her letter?

8. What name had Tina been given and what did she admit to doing?

9. What did Valentina tell Madam Conte about Nino and what did she say about revenge?

10. What does Veronique Passavant tell Mathilde about Eskimo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think Pire earned the painting? Why or why not? Is a painting enough of a reward for working for someone? Why or why not? Would you complete work for someone for a material object? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Thinking about how Mathilde decoded the letter, do you think her strategy was solid? Could there be another strategy? If yes, what would you try? If no, why do you feel that way?

Essay Topic 3

Was the conclusion of the appropriate or inappropriate? Why or why not? If you were the author, how would you have chosen to end this story? Why would you choose this way?

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