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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 in Isabelle's apartment building is taken by the Germans but told that her children can stay in Chapter 21?

2. Who is the French policeman that Vianne sees taking Madame Fournier and her son Gilles away in Chapter 27?

3. Who is awaiting Isabelle and Gaetan with three pilots in Chapter 30?

4. Where does the elderly woman say she is going for the weekend when she leaves her son a message in Chapter 26?

5. In what year is Chapter 31 set?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is revealed through Vianne's actions in Chapter 29?

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

7. What does Vianne say about hate in Chapter 38?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Isabelle and Vianne in The Nightingale. How are the sisters similar? How do they differ? What is revealed about each character through her actions in the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of war and identity in the novel. How are these themes developed through character, symbolism, and imagery? How does the war change the way the characters perceive themselves?

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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