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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mathilde believe had enacted the plan to exchange the boots?

2. How does Poux arrive to see Mathilde?

3. Where did the medical orderly tell Tina he saw one of the condemned men alive?

4. Where does Celestin agree to take Mathilde?

5. Who crushed Tina's hope of finding her lover alive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Would you have held out hope for as long as Mathilde did? Why or why not? What would you have done differently than Mathilde did? Why would you have chosen to act this way?

Essay Topic 2

Was the conclusion of the appropriate or inappropriate? Why or why not? If you were the author, how would you have chosen to end this story? Why would you choose 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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