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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sylvain know to look in the newspaper for information?
(a) He received a letter.
(b) He was looking at the paper anyway.
(c) He receives a call.
(d) He heard the commotion behind him.

2. Where did the Newfoundland soldiers find the bodies of the men?
(a) Inside of the German trench.
(b) Between Bingo and the German trench.
(c) Within the Bingo trench.
(d) Huddled in a basement near Bingo.

3. What did Nino's code tell Tina?
(a) How he escaped.
(b) What he was doing.
(c) What steps she needed to take.
(d) Where he was and that he was in trouble.

4. How long did it take Mathilde to uncover the truth?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

5. Why did Heidi Weiss come to Bingo?
(a) To find out the truth about her husband's death.
(b) To see the area where her father was killed.
(c) To search for her long lost love.
(d) To mourn over her brother's grave.

6. How does Mathilde find Benoit?
(a) She walks around the town asking.
(b) She talks to the priest.
(c) She stops at the school and asks about his son.
(d) She has her lawyer contact him.

7. What was the name of the code that Mathilde thinks Benoit's letter is written in?
(a) Evantour.
(b) Escalator.
(c) Elevator.
(d) Elegante.

8. Why does Mathilde head to Somme?
(a) To talk with the private investigator.
(b) To try and find a clue as to where Manech is living.
(c) To meet with Tina.
(d) To see where Manech is buried.

9. Who does Tina think traded the German boots with Eskimo?
(a) Pire.
(b) Gordes.
(c) Manech.
(d) Desrochelles.

10. What are Manech's first words to Mathilde?
(a) What are you doing here?
(b) You can't walk?
(c) Where have you been?
(d) Who are you?

11. How long did Manech receive training before he was sent to the front as a foot soldier?
(a) A month.
(b) About a year.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Less than a week.

12. What does Pier ask Mathilde to do in regards to Juliette?
(a) Report her to the police.
(b) Meet with her to see her point of view.
(c) Forgive her actions.
(d) To let her continue to raise Manech.

13. Which of the following literary terms best describes how this novel ends?
(a) Flashback.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

14. What detail did the woman who explained about the five men not mention that gave Mathilde hope that Manech was still alive?
(a) That they did not have bandaged hands.
(b) Lack of a red glove.
(c) No one that looked like Manech.
(d) That the five men were all blood.

15. What does the farmer who now owns the land say a young girl dug up?
(a) Coffins.
(b) Bodies.
(c) Paperwork.
(d) A tin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the soldiers bury the men?

2. On what day of the week did they arrive?

3. What does Mathilde ask of her father that he agrees to?

4. How many soldiers are found without an injured hand?

5. When did Tina write the letter to Mathilde?

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