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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 Alex's family have to perform to earn money?

2. Who is the author of the diary?

3. What is the deal Andi makes with her father?

4. What does Andi pass on the way home?

5. Why has returning to Paris been difficult for Alex and her family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Alex risking herself to light fireworks?

2. What is the deal Andi strikes with her father?

3. Who is Alexandrine Paradis?

4. What happens at the castle that shows the depth of Alex's feelings for the prince?

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

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

7. Why does Andi want to visit the catacombs?

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

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

10. What does Andi learn while watching her father and G discuss their DNA testing on a talk show?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Andi receives a Revolution era guitar from G. She discovers a hidden compartment inside the case that contains a diary and mysterious newspaper clippings. What is interesting about the way Andi found the diary? Who's diary is it? What does the diary describe? When was the diary written? What predictions can be made about the diary and its contents?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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