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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. What is Isabelle's first mission with the resistance group in Chapter 10?

2. Who claims to have recommended Isabelle for the resistance efforts?

3. Who tends to Vianne after she has collapsed in Chapter 20?

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

5. What are under the desks in Vianne's classroom in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is foreshadowed by Vianne's conversation with Mother Superior in Chapter 12?

5. What themes are introduced in Chapter 1?

6. Why is Isabelle successful in her mission in Chapter 19?

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

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

9. How is the demoralization of war illustrated in Chapters 5 and 6?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting of Paris and the changes that Paris undergoes in the course of the novel. When is Paris invaded by the Nazis? How does this change the atmosphere of this setting? Why does Isabelle go to Paris?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of family in The Nightingale. What does family mean to each of the main characters in the story? How does the meaning of family evolve in the course of the narrative? How is this theme developed through symbolism, metaphor, and imagery?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Vianne's pregnancy in the novel. With whose child is Vianne pregnant? Why does she choose not to reveal the child's father? How is this character described in the contemporary timeline?

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