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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 information does Beck relate regarding Antoine in Chapter 11?
(a) Antoine has been taken prisoner.
(b) Antoine has fled to America.
(c) Antoine has been killed.
(d) Antoine has joined the Nazi fighters.

2. At what time does Isabelle leave to make her deliveries in Chapter 10?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) 2 a.m.
(c) 6 a.m.
(d) 4 a.m.

3. What is the name of Vianne's father?
(a) Antoine.
(b) Henri.
(c) Jacques.
(d) Julien.

4. What is the name of the town where Vianne lives with her husband and daughter in Chapter 2?
(a) Chartres.
(b) Digne.
(c) Carriveau.
(d) Cognac.

5. Where is the unnamed elderly woman living in Chapter 1?
(a) London.
(b) Oregon.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beck bring to dinner in Chapter 9?

2. Who is the woman in Paris that Isabelle has delivered a message to in Chapter 16?

3. In what year is Chapter 14 set?

4. Who tends to Vianne after she has collapsed in Chapter 20?

5. What are under the desks in Vianne's classroom in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to Vianne's questioning the Germans in Chapter 17? What are the repercussions of this action?

2. Why does Vianne not write to Antoine in Chapter 20?

3. What mission does Henri enlist Isabelle to in Chapter 10?

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

5. How are Isabelle and Vianne contrasted in Chapters 5 and 6 of the novel?

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

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

8. How does Isabelle's involvement in the resistance develop in Chapter 17?

9. How does Vianne describe her relatiosnhip with Antoine in Chapter 2?

10. How is the title of The Nightingale addressed by Gaetan in Chapter 6?

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