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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month is it as this chapter opens?
(a) July.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) November.

2. Why was Valentina upset with her godmother?
(a) For not allowing her to live with her.
(b) For not calling her sooner.
(c) For Talking about Nino with a stranger.
(d) For corresponding with Mathilde.

3. What couldn't Esperanza believe the French would do to their own soldiers?
(a) Refuse to follow direct orders.
(b) Throw them over the top of a trench to be killed.
(c) Order them to kill their commrades.
(d) Allow them to be killed by firing squad.

4. What did Mathilde learn from Valentia about Ange's death?
(a) That it could not be confirmed at this point.
(b) That he was not dead.
(c) That it was somewhere near the Somme.
(d) That he made it to Paris and there he died.

5. What question did Germain Pier's letter answer for Mathilde?
(a) If Gordes was one of the condemned men.
(b) If Gordes was indeed dead.
(c) If Gordes was wearing German boots.
(d) If Gordes was indeed related to Poux.

6. What is Bastoche's nickname?
(a) Common Law.
(b) Eskimo.
(c) Angel.
(d) Six-Soux.

7. Which of the following characters is from Paris?
(a) Eskimo.
(b) Cornflower.
(c) Common Law.
(d) Angel.

8. What did Elodie reveal about her love of Benjamin in her letter to Mathilde?
(a) Her passion was not as strong as it was for her first lover.
(b) She tolerated him, but is just as glad that he is gone now.
(c) It was the strongest love she's ever felt.
(d) She pretended to love him to have a place to live.

9. What does Mathilde do when she gets home?
(a) Cries from grief over her lost love.
(b) Talks to her family about what Esperanza told her.
(c) Tries to contact one of the family members of another person on the list.
(d) Looks through the items Esperanza gave her.

10. Why was Benjamin angry with Eskimo when Eskimo returned to war?
(a) He found out that Eskimo had hurt Elodie.
(b) He heard that Eskimo had sex with Elodie more than once.
(c) He was angry because Eskimo did not make Elodie pregnant.
(d) He wasn't prepared to handle what he had proposed.

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

12. Who does Angel write his letter to?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mother.
(c) His friend.
(d) His lover.

13. How did Elodie describe Benjamin's mood when he came home from the war on leave?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Over joyed.

14. Where did Mariette Notre-Dame go when she left for good leaving no forwarding address?
(a) A taxi out of the country.
(b) Monestary.
(c) Airport.
(d) Train station.

15. What were those that were convicted of self-mutilation but not sentenced to death required to do?
(a) Assassinate enemy soldiers.
(b) Spend their days in jail.
(c) Complete hard labor.
(d) Leave the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pierre-Marie report happened to the condemned men?

2. What does Pierre-Marie try to convince Mathilde to do?

3. What does Eskimo want to be given to his lover?

4. From what country is the author of this novel?

5. How bad was the falling out between Gordes and Eskimo according to Boisseau?

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