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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the house where Vianne lives with her husband and daughter in Chapter 2?
(a) Le Amore.
(b) Le Domain.
(c) Le Harbore.
(d) Le Jardin.

2. What French general, resistant, and statesman is described in Chapter 8?
(a) Charles de Gaulle.
(b) Edith Cavell.
(c) Julien Rossignol.
(d) Juliette Gervaise.

3. What is the name of the pilot that Isabelle helps in Chapter 18?
(a) Anderson.
(b) MacLeish.
(c) Williams.
(d) Robbins.

4. Where is the unnamed elderly woman moving in Chapter 1?
(a) To her son's home.
(b) To her sister's summer home.
(c) To a convent.
(d) To an assisted living facility.

5. Where does Beck say he was present during the bombing in Chapter 9?
(a) Chartres.
(b) Digne.
(c) Cognac.
(d) Tours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isabelle demark with chalk in Chapter 9?

2. What happens before Isabelle loses contact with the family she is being sent from Paris with in Chapter 5?

3. Whom does Gaetan say he is going to check on before joining a regiment in Chapter 5?

4. Who is the German soldier that will be billeting at Vianne's home in Chapter 8?

5. What is one of the haggard women clutching when she comes to Vianne's door in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Isabelle perceive her father when she arrives in Paris in Chapter 15?

2. How is the demoralization of war illustrated in Chapters 5 and 6?

3. How would you compare the characters of Vianne and Isabelle in The Nightingale?

4. How is the theme of family developed in Chapter 15?

5. What does the church represent symbolically in Chapter 6?

6. How does the author develop Isabelle's plotline in Chapter 15?

7. Who is Madame Babineau? What does her character represent in the novel?

8. What themes are introduced in Chapter 1?

9. What is revealed through Isabelle's encounter with the man by the propaganda posters in Chapter 12?

10. How would you describe the narrative style of Chapter 1? From whose perspective is this chapter related?

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