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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. Isabelle tells Stephen that Azaire hits her ___________________.

2. What is Isabelle's last name?

3. What is Stephen's last name?

4. What do most of the men do when they are on break from the mining?

5. What does Isabelle notice about Stephen during dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stephen discover about Isabelle when he follows her to Lucien Lebrun's house one day?

2. What does Jack's letter from his wife foreshadow?

3. How did Stephen channel the loss of Isabelle into his behavior in the war?

4. How does Azaire learn that Isabelle is running away with Stephen?

5. Why is it that Stephen does not love his men as Captain Gray urges him to do?

6. Why does Stephen write to Isabelle prior to a big battle?

7. What logic does Stephen employ when Isabelle is hesitant to go to England with Stephen?

8. Why does the prostitute forgive Stephen for cutting her leg?

9. Why is Weir filled with anxiety when Stephen tells him he is taking him to the village one night?

10. What does Isabelle know her life will be when Stephen returns to England?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Develop a character study of Jeanne. What are her physical traits? What motivates her? What are her personal characteristics? What else can you say about Jeanne?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

BIRDSONG is a classic story of the search for love. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category? Explain.

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