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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. Why does Alex accept the job the queen offers?

2. What recent event happened to the royal family?

3. What is Andi's mother doing when Andi returns home from school?

4. Who comes to watch Alex's family's puppet show one day?

5. What did Andi leave in Virgil's car?

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 do we know about Andi's brother, Truman?

3. Why does G give Andi the guitar she finds in his house?

4. Why does Andi want to return to New York so badly?

5. Why does Andi want to visit the catacombs?

6. How does Andi's guitar allow her to make money and meet a new friend?

7. Who are G and Lili?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alex writes a heart wrenching diary entry about the day Louis-Charles was separated from his mother. What happened on that day? What was the scene like? What happened to Louis-Charles? To his mother? What does Alex's story reveal about her feelings for the young prince? Why does she blame herself for his fate? How does her guilt end up affecting her life?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Alex is the Green Man from the newspaper clippings. Why has she become the Green Man? What is her purpose as the Green Man? What does her masquerade say about her relationship with the prince? How might her Green Man identity put her in danger.

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