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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 is Bastoche's nickname?

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

3. What was Manech's nickname?

4. What did Little Louis learn about Biscuit?

5. What did the woman believe about Veronique?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information did Pierre-Marie relate to Mathilde five weeks later?

2. What was Heidi told about Manech?

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

4. What did Tina learn about the man in the hospital?

5. Why was Bastoche in the trench and what really happened?

6. What does the first telegram that Mathilde receives from Pire say?

7. What confuses the priest about Mathilde's question?

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

9. What did Corporal Urbain tell Juliette about her son's death?

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

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

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 3

Would you have held out hope for as long as Mathilde did? Why or why not? What would you have done differently than Mathilde did? Why would you have chosen to act this way?

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