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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. Where does Vianne take her class to go swimming in Chapter 35?
(a) To the creek.
(b) To the pond.
(c) To the river.
(d) To the ocean.

2. How many airmen has Isabelle now brought across the Pyrenees in Chapter 21?
(a) 87.
(b) 95.
(c) 37.
(d) 29.

3. Where does Isabelle encounter Madame Babineau in Chapter 34?
(a) In the cathedral near her father's bookstore in Paris.
(b) On a train bound for a concentration camp.
(c) In a synogogue.
(d) Outside her father's apartment.

4. What season is it when Sophie becomes ill in Chapter 21?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Summer.

5. Who goes to find a doctor to help the fallen pilot in Chapter 25?
(a) Gaetan and Henri.
(b) Antoine.
(c) Micheline Babineau.
(d) Madame Vizniak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the streets barricaded when Vianne is going home from the rations line in Chapter 29?

2. Who is the German who will come live with Vianne after Beck's disappearance?

3. Where does the elderly woman say she is going for the weekend when she leaves her son a message in Chapter 26?

4. Whom does Vianne go to for papers for the Jewish orphan in Chapter 30?

5. From which country is the pilot that goes down over Carriveau airfield in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Gaetan's return described in Chapter 38?

2. What does Isabelle think about during her torture in Chapter 34?

3. Why is Isabelle unable to help her neighbors in Chapter 23?

4. What happens to Beck in Chapter 25? How does this event develop the plot of the narrative?

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 does Von Richter's suggestion regarding the orphanage help to develop the plot of the novel?

8. Why does Vianne concede to having sex with Von Richter?

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

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

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