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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. Why is Elizabeth unable to read the notebooks she finds in the attic?

2. How many of Weir's men are buried in the tunnel explosion?

3. Why does Stephen return to France early?

4. What does Jeanne admit to Stephen?

5. What shocks Jeanne about Stephen's appearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the circumstances that have Stephen and Jack trapped in a tunnel?

2. Who is Elizabeth and why does she have an interest in learning about her family's history?

3. Why does Elizabeth focus her family history search on World War I?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Jeanne tell Stephen about Isabelle since the time she left Stephen?

9. How does Elizabeth's life parallel Stephen's life regarding love?

10. What does Colonel Gray tell Elizabeth about Stephen when she is able to locate him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Project into the future ten years after the birth of Elizabeth's child and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Elizabeth, John, Robert, and Francoise. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Survival seems to be almost an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the sense of survival? Why does it have such a prevalent place in the characters' lives? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

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