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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 Andi find in the bottom of the guitar case?

2. Who does Andi read about all morning?

3. Who is the author of the diary?

4. Why is there tension between Andi and her father?

5. What is the nickname of Andi's father's friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. Alex and her family are unhappy with the king, so why does she take the job the queen offers?

2. What happens to Alex once she and her family move to the French city of Versailles?

3. Why do fireworks make Louis-Charles both happy and sad?

4. What is foreshadowed in the conversation between Louis-Charles and Alex as they discuss the fireworks?

5. What do we know about Andi's brother, Truman?

6. What happens between Andi and Nick at Nick's party?

7. Why is Andi drawn to the guitar at G's house?

8. What story does G tell Andi about the French Revolution when she meets him?

9. What is the relationship like between Andi and her mother as the book opens?

10. Why is Alex risking herself to light fireworks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) How does Andi's story of her brother's death parallel Alex's story of the fate of Louis-Charles?

2) Did Andi cause her brothers death? How did she contribute to it?

3) Did Alex cause Louis-Charles' death? How did she contribute to it?

4) Was either girl able to make up for the harm they caused? If so, how?

5) How is Andi's discovery of Alex's diary fate?

Essay Topic 2

Alexandrine Paradis is the author of the diary Andi finds inside the guitar case. Using passages from the diary, reconstruct life in France leading up to the French Revolution. What is it like for common people like Alex and her family? What is life like for the poor? What is life like for the nobles and the royal family? What intrigues are taking place that may lead to danger the royals? Use examples from the text to describe Alex's world.

Essay Topic 3

As Alex's story unfolds it becomes clear that the Duc d' Orleans is a formidable antagonist.

1) Who is the Duc.

2) What does he want?

3) How does he use Alex's relationship with the prince to his advantage?

4) What role does the Duc play in the Terror of September 1792?

5) What happens to the Duc as the revolution moves forward?

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