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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. How many bullets does Byron load his pistol with when he goes to face Pearce?

2. How does Lucien usually start his mornings?

3. In Book 3, Chapter XIV, how many pencils does Thisbe get from the comissary?

4. In Book 3, Chapter III, what do Pearce and Byron go hunting?

5. What does Thisbe's mother call her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Eugenie shares Jane's room when she stays with the Guilberts?

2. Why does Le Brun stay for the going away party?

3. What does Rosalie notice when she goes into her dead aunt's room?

4. How do Marie and Louise prepare for the party?

5. How did Bayard and Sylvie escape when there was a revolution in Saint-Domingo?

6. How does Le Brun get Thisbe as his assistant?

7. What do Lucien and Sylvie find when to go to dig up the gold?

8. Why does Laurent think he and Rosalie cannot be matched?

9. Why will Sylvie not allow Lily to serve at Byron's going-away party?

10. What does Lucien ask Lily to prepare for Byron's going-away party, and what preparations does she make?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in A Sitting in St. James? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe Lucien’s character? Why could he be considered to be amoral?

Essay Topic 3

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does the author use more metaphors or similes in the novel? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers make the writing more interesting?

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