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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabelle demark with chalk in Chapter 9?
(a) A Nazi poster.
(b) A painting.
(c) A movie poster.
(d) A newspaper.

2. Who is the woman in Paris that Isabelle has delivered a message to in Chapter 16?
(a) Anouk.
(b) Edith.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Sophie.

3. Who is the author of the poetry book that the elderly woman finds in the attic in Chapter 1?
(a) Julien Rossignol.
(b) Edith Cavell.
(c) Charles de Gaulle.
(d) Juliette Gervaise.

4. What does Isabelle's last name translate to in English?
(a) Lilac.
(b) Jasmine.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Nightingale.

5. What information does Vianne relate to Isabelle regarding Marc in Chapter 11?
(a) Marc has killed himself.
(b) Marc has been taken prisoner.
(c) Marc has been killed.
(d) Marc has fled to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Isabelle's father tell her to look for to help her on her journey with the pilot in Chapter 18?

2. Where does Isabelle go first when she arrives in Paris in Chapter 15?

3. Where does Julien say he is working in Chapter 15?

4. In which month does Chapter 12 begin?

5. Where does Isabelle tell Vianne she plans to go after dinner in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author illustrate the violence of war in Chapter 6?

2. Who is Madame Babineau? What does her character represent in the novel?

3. Why does Vianne not write to Antoine in Chapter 20?

4. How does Isabelle perceive her father when she arrives in Paris in Chapter 15?

5. What mission does Henri enlist Isabelle to in Chapter 10?

6. How is the title of The Nightingale addressed by Gaetan in Chapter 6?

7. How does the author illustrate the contrasts between Vianne and Isabelle in Chapter 11?

8. What themes are introduced in Chapter 1?

9. What clues does the author employ to indicate the identity of the elderly woman in Chapter 14?

10. What lies does Isabelle relate in Chapter 15? Why?

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