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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. Why does the smile make the other men uncomfortable?

2. Which of the following is one of the things Mathilde was told in the letter she received from Passavant?

3. What does Mathilde do when she gets home?

4. Why was Valentina upset with her godmother?

5. What was Little Louis glad to read about in Eskimo's letter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Poux see about Mathilde and what did he recommend?

2. What was Heidi told about Manech?

3. Why did one of the dead not have a wounded hand?

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

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

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

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

8. What happens when Manech tells Mathilde that he has to leave soon for war?

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

10. What request does Benjamin make of Elodie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why do you think Layrouye kept the men's pardon a secret? What type of man does this make him? Why do you think this way?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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