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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 main attribute does La Hire's army lack?

2. Who defends Joan in her military strategies?

3. What is Joan's first battle injury?

4. What does the Council of Charles VII tell Joan to do in Chapter 22?

5. What causes Louis to almost fall off his saddle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joan promise a duchess before she begins her journey to Rheims, and how does she keep it?

2. How is the battle at Patay won?

3. What does Joan do when she sees her father after the coronation?

4. How does Joan try to escape from her English prison the first time?

5. How does Joan try to escape from the English prison the second time?

6. What happens when the men stay in the haunted room at Catherine's house?

7. Where does Joan want to attack after the coronation of Charles VII?

8. What happens on the day Joan is captured?

9. What does Charles VII reward Joan with after her success at Orleans?

10. What are the charges brought against Joan by the English court?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joan and La Hire were both very dynamic leaders in this book with strong followings. What are the differences in the two styles of leadership, and how do these differences affect their characters, their followers, and their roles in the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Courage and fear were two attributes that were seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear, and how does the presence of these feelings change the characters who are involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Mark Twain have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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