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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Good Old Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the strangest of all of the letters?
(a) Six-Soux.
(b) Angel.
(c) Eskimo.
(d) Common Law.

2. What happened when Mathilde sent a letter to the wife of The Man?
(a) It was never answered or responded to.
(b) It was returned saying she did not want to contact Mathilde.
(c) It was returned saying she was not at that address.
(d) It was forwarded to Paris.

3. What did Esperanza's commander tell him to do in regards to Bingo Crepuscule?
(a) Report on the success of his mission there.
(b) Tell him about the captain's reluctance to follow orders there.
(c) Write down the events that happened there.
(d) Forget everything that happened there.

4. Why did Cornflower try to eat tainted meat?
(a) To avoid being killed by an enemy soldier.
(b) To make himself appear jaundiced.
(c) As penance for suriving when his friend did not.
(d) To kill himself.

5. Who was the only man not to answer to his name according to Captain Favourier's letter?
(a) Common Law.
(b) Six-Soux.
(c) Angel.
(d) Manech.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What season is it as this novel opens?

3. Why did Esperanza write Manech's letter?

4. What is Daniel Esperanza dying from?

5. Which of the following characters did not believe in the war when he was assigned his number?

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