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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 is Mr. Lorry's reaction when Jerry admits that he was once a gravedigger?
(a) Mr. Lorry is shocked and disgusted.
(b) Mr. Lorry sympathizes with Jerry.
(c) Mr. Lorry understands Jerry's circumstances.
(d) Mr. Lorry is not surprised.

2. What advice does Carton give to Mr. Lorry about Charles' fate?
(a) Grieve now and never again
(b) Help Lucie to grieve
(c) Help Lucie to accept the circumstances
(d) Don't grieve

3. How does the universal fear and distrust of the times affect daily life of the citizens?
(a) The usual harmless ways of life have changed.
(b) People do not go out of their houses.
(c) Citizens are unable to purchase food.
(d) Many citizens are leaving France.

4. Who decides which prisoners will be released or murdered at the prison?
(a) The tribunal
(b) The guards vote on it
(c) The warden
(d) The king

5. What is the physical appearance of the men and women sharpening weapons in the courtyard?
(a) They are dressed in party wear.
(b) They are dressed in uniforms.
(c) They wear clean clothes and white wigs.
(d) They are covered in blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Doctor Manette manage to visit Charles in prison?

2. How many death carts head toward La Guillotine?

3. How many defenseless men and women held prisoner were killed during the four days Doctor Manette is away to help Charles?

4. Who accompanies Mr. Lorry to go see Lucie?

5. What is one of the frenzied aspirations of the people?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the reaction of the crowd in the courtyard have toward Doctor Manette when he reveals who he is.

2. Explain why Mr. Lorry is shocked at the sight of Jerry Cruncher.

3. Describe the reaction of Miss Pross when she sees her brother in the marketplace.

4. How does Lucie make herself known to Charles each day?

5. Summarize the description Carton gives of Mr. Lorry and how people will feel about him when he is gone.

6. Describe why Madame Defarge goes to visit Lucie.

7. How does Carton help the seamstress who is being executed before him?

8. How does Doctor Manette manage to communicate messages between Charles and Lucie?

9. Describe how the patriots of France look upon Charles Darnay.

10. Describe what Little Lucie remembers about Sydney Carton years later.

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