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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. For whom does Isabelle apologize for when she arrives at Carriveau in Chapter 38?
(a) Henri.
(b) Beck.
(c) Von Richter.
(d) Levy.

2. How is Isabelle's clothing described when she begins her clerical job for the Germans?
(a) Plain and brown.
(b) Red and frilly.
(c) Pink and flowy.
(d) Yellow and frilly.

3. What are hanging from the streetlights in the town square when Vianne walks there in Chapter 33?
(a) Black flags.
(b) White flags.
(c) Dead bodies.
(d) Red flags.

4. Why does Von Richter say he will be leaving the next day in Chapter 29?
(a) Because the Germans are taking over the Free Zone.
(b) Because the Americans have arrived.
(c) Because he must attend the concentration camps.
(d) Because the Germans have won the war.

5. Where do Vianne and her father go to talk in Chapter 33?
(a) Rachel's empty house.
(b) Gaetan's house.
(c) The cathedral.
(d) Le Jardin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sophie die, according to the narrative in Chapter 39?

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

3. Who stitches shut Isabelle's gunshot wound in Chapter 25?

4. Whose card does Isabelle slip up her sleeve in Chapter 21?

5. What does the new German tell Vianne she will do that night in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of womanhood developed in Chapter 32?

2. How is Isabelle's return home described in Chapter 38?

3. How is the theme of loss developed in Chapter 25?

4. What is revealed through Vianne's actions in Chapter 29?

5. How is the theme of love further developed in Chapter 32?

6. What symbolism is revealed through Isabelle's dream in Chapter 27?

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

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

9. How is the theme of loss developed in Chapter 38?

10. How does Isabelle describe her time at the concentration camp in Chapter 38?

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