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

2. Where do Isabelle and Gaetan arrive in the beginning of Chapter 30?

3. What is the false name that Ari is given after Vianne takes him?

4. What season is it when Sophie becomes ill in Chapter 21?

5. Why is Von Richter becoming more angry and violent in Chapter 35?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What causes the changes in Vianne's character in Chapter 22?

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

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

6. What does Isabelle think about during her torture in Chapter 34?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Captain Beck in the novel. Why does Beck come to Le Jardin? What is his relationship like with Vianne? How does Isabelle feel about Beck? What happens to Beck in the narrative?

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

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?

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