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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 Elodie Gordes need the pension for?

2. Why doesn't Elodie give Mathilde much information?

3. Who wrote the strangest of all of the letters?

4. When was this novel written?

5. Who does Mathilde go to visit in October of 1919?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Tina Kill Lovrouye and the others and how does she feel about her actions?

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

3. When Mathilde looks through the package Esperanza has given her what does she see?

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

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

6. What does Mathilde do after she finds the stamp that shows Queen Victoria's full name on it?

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

8. What was Heidi told about Manech?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Mathilde was physically disabled. What part did this information play in the novel? Do you think it was important? Why or why not? Do you believe this story would have changed had Mathilde not been in a wheelchair? Why or why not?

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