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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 do Isabelle's falsified papers claim her name to be in Chapter 19?
(a) Juliette Gervaise.
(b) Micheline Babineau.
(c) Edith Cavell.
(d) Marie Rossignol.

2. What is the name of Vianne's father?
(a) Jacques.
(b) Julien.
(c) Antoine.
(d) Henri.

3. Where is the unnamed elderly woman moving in Chapter 1?
(a) To her sister's summer home.
(b) To her son's home.
(c) To an assisted living facility.
(d) To a convent.

4. How old was Isabelle when her mother died?
(a) 4.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

5. Who is the leader of the resistance group that Isabelle meets with in Chapter 10?
(a) Didier.
(b) Captain Beck.
(c) Henri.
(d) Antoine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens before Isabelle loses contact with the family she is being sent from Paris with in Chapter 5?

2. From whom does Beck give Vianne a letter in Chapter 16?

3. What does Isabelle do with the pilot's flight suit in Chapter 17?

4. What month is it in the beginning of Chapter 13?

5. What is Isabelle's code name as she sets out on her mission with the airman in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed through Isabelle's encounter with the man by the propaganda posters in Chapter 12?

2. What is revealed about Isabelle's character through her first conversation with Anouk?

3. What leads to Vianne's questioning the Germans in Chapter 17? What are the repercussions of this action?

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

5. How does the author develop Isabelle's plotline in Chapter 15?

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

7. How does Isabelle's involvement in the resistance develop in Chapter 17?

8. How are Vianne's views on war described in Chapter 2?

9. How does Isabelle relate to the pilots in Chapter 19?

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

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