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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 Francoise?

2. Which of the following does Elizabeth NOT find in the trunk in her mother's attic?

3. What does Stephen learn after he is rescued from the tunnel?

4. What is the content of Jack's letter to Margaret?

5. What does Stephen's new office job entail during the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Stephen being pressured to take an office job during the war?

2. Why does Jeanne hope to help Stephen who admits that he has lost reality?

3. What unusual relationship develops between Stephen and Levi?

4. What accounts for Stephen's indifference when he returns to the Front in 1918 France?

5. What is Stephen's state of mind after Weir's death and what does Jeanne encourage him to do?

6. Isabelle is in love with Max, but in what way does her love for Stephen exist?

7. What does Elizabeth learn about Stephen from his diary after Bob has cracked the code?

8. Who is the German officer who tries to locate Stephen and what has alerted him to his location in the tunnel?

9. What shocks Jeanne about Stephen's appearance when he visit her during his leave?

10. What does Weir's worry about a pending attack foreshadow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of women in France in the early twentieth century. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? Do they have any freedoms that 21st century women do not have?

Essay Topic 2

Faulks uses more than one iteration on the theme of beauty. Identify at least two themes about beauty in the story. Then cite an example to support each theme you name.

Essay Topic 3

BIRDSONG is a classic story of the search for love. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category? Explain.

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