View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what war did Vianne's father fight?

2. Where is Isabelle asked to deliver a message to by the resistance in Chapter 13?

3. What "gift" does Beck give to Sophie in Chapter 12?

4. Where does Beck say he was present during the bombing in Chapter 9?

5. Where is the unnamed elderly woman moving in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the church represent symbolically in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

7. How is the theme of family developed in Chapter 15?

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

9. Whom does Isabelle idolize? What does this character represent to Isabelle?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Von Richter in The Nightingale. What causes Von Richter to come to Le Jardin? How does Von Richter differ from Beck? Do you think that Von Richter is an empathetic character? Why or why not?

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 Julien in the novel. What is Julien's relationship like with his daughters? How does the relationship between Julien, Isabelle, and Vianne change in the course of the story? What happens to Julien?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 869 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample