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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. Where is the unnamed elderly woman moving in Chapter 1?

2. Where does Isabelle tell Vianne she plans to go after dinner in Chapter 9?

3. Whom does Gaetan say he is going to check on before joining a regiment in Chapter 5?

4. What information does Beck relate regarding Antoine in Chapter 11?

5. Who is the author of the poetry book that the elderly woman finds in the attic in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How would you compare the characters of Vianne and Isabelle in The Nightingale?

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

5. What clues does the author employ to indicate the identity of the elderly woman in Chapter 14?

6. What leads to Vianne's questioning the Germans in Chapter 17? What are the repercussions of this action?

7. Why is Isabelle unable to return to Paris after Beck's arrival? How are the changes in Carriveau described in this section of the novel?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting of Paris and the changes that Paris undergoes in the course of the novel. When is Paris invaded by the Nazis? How does this change the atmosphere of this setting? Why does Isabelle go to Paris?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism relating to the apple tree at Le Jardin. Why does Vianne tie pieces of cloth to the apple tree? What do these pieces of cloth symbolize? What becomes of the apple tree?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of the elderly woman who is introduced in Chapter 1. Who is this character revealed to be in the end of the novel? What clues does the author indicate regarding her identity early in the narrative? Why does this character go to Paris?

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