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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 does the new German tell Vianne she will do that night in Chapter 27?
(a) Cook dinner for his guests.
(b) Move to the orphanage.
(c) Turn herself into the police.
(d) Give her son over to the Nazis.

2. For how long have the Germans occupied France in Chapter 32?
(a) 13 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 6 months.

3. Whose name do Isabelle's captors demand of her under questioning?
(a) The Gaetan's name.
(b) The Shadow's name.
(c) The Nightingale's name.
(d) The name of the messenger to Charles de Gaulle.

4. What do the Germans do to Julien in Chapter 34?
(a) They send him to prison.
(b) They send him to a concentration camp.
(c) They shoot him.
(d) They dismiss him.

5. Who is awaiting Isabelle and Gaetan with three pilots in Chapter 30?
(a) Edith Cavell.
(b) Captain Beck.
(c) Madame Babineau.
(d) Madame Vizniak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Isabelle and Micheline in the beginning of Chapter 38?

2. When does Chapter 36 begin?

3. How many orphans' names are on the list that Vianne hands over in Chapter 37?

4. Where has Vianne begun her search for Isabelle in Chapter 37?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is symbolized by the cloths tied to the apple tree in the narrative?

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

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

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

6. What causes the changes in Vianne's character in Chapter 22?

7. What is represented symbolically by Julien's sacrifice for his daughter in Chapter 34?

8. Where does Vianne go in order to search for Isabelle in Chapter 37?

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

10. How is the character of Von Richter described in the narrative?

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