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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 holding Isabelle captive in Chapter 33?

2. In what month does Chapter 35 begin?

3. How does Sarah die in Chapter 22?

4. From whom does Isabelle receive a note when she reaches the three pilots in Chapter 30?

5. What happens to Daniel in Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the characters of Vianne and Isabelle compared in Chapter 29?

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

3. Why does Rachel give her son to Vianne to care for him in Chapter 23?

4. How is the theme of war developed in Chapter 29?

5. What is revealed through the conversation between Vianne and Gaetan in Chapter 25?

6. How is the theme of war developed further in Chapter 33?

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

8. How is the theme of love developed in Chapter 25?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe and discuss the character of Julien in the novel. What is Julien's relationship like with his daughters? How does the relationship between Julien, Isabelle, and Vianne change in the course of the story? What happens to Julien?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Vianne's pregnancy in the novel. With whose child is Vianne pregnant? Why does she choose not to reveal the child's father? How is this character described in the contemporary timeline?

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