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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 does Laurent have in his flask at the going-away party?
2. In Book 3, Chapter III, what do Pearce and Byron go hunting?
3. How many aunts did Eugenie have who took an interest in her life?
4. Who did the cabaret singer Lucien brought home from France run off with?
5. What does Jane swing at Pearce in Book 4, Chapter 20?
Short Essay Questions
1. What will Thisbe do to Sylvie's portrait after Le Brun is gone and why?
2. Why do Pearce and Byron dance together for the family?
3. What does Laurent tell Rosalie about what he has done for planters in the parish and how they treat him?
4. How does Thisbe feel when she learns she was named for a dog?
5. Why does Eugenie shares Jane's room when she stays with the Guilberts?
6. Why does Sylvie agree to give Lucien the gold In Book 4, Chapter V?
7. What does Rosalie notice when she goes into her dead aunt's room?
8. Why does Eugenie's carriage come for her early in Book 3, Chapter VIII?
9. Why does Le Brun stay for the going away party?
10. How did Bayard and Sylvie escape when there was a revolution in Saint-Domingo?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In A Sitting in St. James, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?
Essay Topic 2
Williams-Garcia uses backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about events that happened before the story begins. How and why does the author use backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about the past?
Essay Topic 3
Jane is a tomboy. What gender roles does Jane ignore? Why does she not fit into society?
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