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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. What does Von Richter do to Vianne in the end of Chapter 33?

2. How many airmen has Isabelle now brought across the Pyrenees in Chapter 21?

3. What has become of Rachel and Marc in Chapter 37?

4. Who is holding Isabelle captive in Chapter 33?

5. How is Isabelle told to separate the cards with names on them when she begins clerical work for the Germans?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rachel respond to the death of Sarah in the narrative?

2. How is the theme of loss developed in Chapter 38?

3. How is the theme of love further developed in Chapter 32?

4. How is Isabelle's return home described in Chapter 38?

5. What symbolism is revealed through Isabelle's dream in Chapter 27?

6. What is symbolized by the cloths tied to the apple tree in the narrative?

7. How is the theme of loss developed in Chapters 22 and 23?

8. Why don't the Nazi's believe Isabelle's confession in Chapter 34?

9. What is represented symbolically by Julien's sacrifice for his daughter in Chapter 34?

10. How is the theme of love developed in Chapter 25?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What actions does Vianne take to help Jews in France during the war? What causes her to commit these actions? How do Vianne's actions endanger herself and her family? Do you think that Vianne's actions are brave? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Vianne's pregnancy in the novel. With whose child is Vianne pregnant? Why does she choose not to reveal the child's father? How is this character described in the contemporary timeline?

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of love developed in The Nightingale? What characters in the novel fall in love? What does love mean to these characters? How does the author develop this theme through character, setting, symbolism, and imagery?

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