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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. Who is the author of the diary?

2. Why does the headmistress pull Andi aside at school?

3. Where does Andi hang out before school?

4. What period of history is G the most interested in?

5. Where does Andi's father want to put her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is life like for Alex as her story begins?

2. What is Andi's behavior like as the book opens?

3. What do Andi and her father begin to argue about when they arrive in Paris?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Andi discover at the library that may suggest a connection between Alex and Malherbeau?

10. Who is the Green Man and why is Andi so interested in him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Andi and her father have a difficult relationship. After Truman died, her mother and father both handled the death in different ways. As a result, their already suffering marriage deteriorated even more. However, at this point, there are some major issues standing between Andi and her father.

1) Why are Andi and her father arguing about her father's treatment of her mother?

2) Why is Andi's father forcing her to come to Paris?

3) How does Andi's love of music cause strain in their relationship?

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

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?

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