Birdsong Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Birdsong Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. To whom does Stephen write daily?

2. What does Stephen buy from a rude salesman in Norfolk?

3. What does Stephen recall about the last time he and Weir were together?

4. Who is the only one who escapes from the tunnel explosion?

5. How does Stephen pass the night and next day awaiting his meeting with Jeanne?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Elizabeth unlike her grandmother regarding her pregnancy?

2. Isabelle is in love with Max, but in what way does her love for Stephen exist?

3. How does Jeanne make Stephen feel when he visits her?

4. Why does Jeanne hope to help Stephen who admits that he has lost reality?

5. Why does Elizabeth focus her family history search on World War I?

6. Who is Jeanne Fourmentier and in what circumstances does Stephen encounter her?

7. Who is Isabelle in love with now? How does Stephen feel about seeing her after all this time?

8. Who is the German officer who tries to locate Stephen and what has alerted him to his location in the tunnel?

9. What promise does Stephen make to Jack before he dies in the tunnel?

10. What does Weir's worry about a pending attack foreshadow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 2

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of love. Identify at least two themes about love in the book. Then cite an example to support each theme you name

Essay Topic 3

Survival seems to be almost an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the sense of survival? Why does it have such a prevalent place in the characters' lives? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

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