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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. Why does Isabelle tell Beck she needs a travel pass in Chapter 13?
(a) Because she is getting married.
(b) Because she needs to pass a message for the resistance.
(c) Because she is ill.
(d) Because her father is sick.

2. What does the term "gendarme" refer to?
(a) The person in command of a ship.
(b) A place where arms are kept.
(c) A place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned.
(d) A a military force charged with police duties among civilian populations.

3. In which month does Chapter 12 begin?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) March.
(d) November.

4. Who is the man that has caught Isabelle demarking propaganda in Chapter 10?
(a) Antoine.
(b) Captain Beck.
(c) Von Richter.
(d) Didier.

5. What name is on the passport that the elderly woman finds in the attic in Chapter 1?
(a) Captain Beck.
(b) Edith Cavell.
(c) Julien Rossignol.
(d) Juliette Gervaise.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Chapter 15 begin?

2. Whom does Isabelle's father tell her to look for to help her on her journey with the pilot in Chapter 18?

3. How old does Vianne say she was when she met Antoine in Chapter 11?

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

5. Who is Vianne's best friend and neighbor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Isabelle successful in her mission in Chapter 19?

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

4. How does the author illustrate the violence of war in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

9. How is the scene described as Isabelle flees Paris in Chapter 5?

10. How does Isabelle relate to the pilots in Chapter 19?

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