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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Isabelle do with the pilot's flight suit in Chapter 17?

3. What is the name of Sophie's stuffed rabbit that she sleeps with?

4. Where does Vianne see a "No Jews Allowed" sign in town in Chapter 16?

5. What is Isabelle's first mission with the resistance group in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What themes are introduced in Chapter 1?

2. What lies does Isabelle relate in Chapter 15? Why?

3. How does the author illustrate the contrasts between Vianne and Isabelle in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

7. What is revealed about Isabelle's character through her first conversation with Anouk?

8. Whom does Isabelle idolize? What does this character represent to Isabelle?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Von Richter in The Nightingale. What causes Von Richter to come to Le Jardin? How does Von Richter differ from Beck? Do you think that Von Richter is an empathetic character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the settings of Le Jardin and Carriveau in The Nightingale. How do these settings change in the course of the story? What causes the changes to these settings?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of loss in The Nightingale. What losses do the main characters endure in the course of the narrative? How do they come to acceptance with these losses? How is this theme developed through symbolism and imagery?

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