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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. What year is it when Chapter 39 begins?

2. For whom does Isabelle apologize for when she arrives at Carriveau in Chapter 38?

3. Whom does Vianne go to in order to ask about Isabelle and tell about the orphans in Chapter 37?

4. Who is the child that Vianne takes with her at the train station in Chapter 23?

5. Whom does the black ribbon on the apple tree signify?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rachel respond to the death of Sarah in the narrative?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How has the setting of Carriveau changed in Chapter 33?

9. How does Von Richter's suggestion regarding the orphanage help to develop the plot of the novel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Madame Babineau in The Nightingale. How does Madame Babineau help Isabelle in her missions for the resistance? What happens to Madame Babineau in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of love developed in The Nightingale? What characters in the novel fall in love? What does love mean to these characters? How does the author develop this theme through character, setting, symbolism, and imagery?

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