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

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

3. Where does Andi decide to go when she finishes reading Alex's diary entry at the cafe?

4. What recent event happened to the royal family?

5. Who does Andi read about all morning?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the relationship like between Andi and her father?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each time Andi enters the catacombs she has a paranormal experience. On her first visit she sees and hears things that are not there. On her second visit she is transported back in time.

What leads Andi to the catacombs? Why is she fascinated by them? Do you believe she is actually having a paranormal experience, or do you feel her experiences are the result of her medications and/or injuries? In the end, does it matter if the experiences were real? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Andi reads the last entry in Alex's diary and is devastated by what she learns.

1) What happens to Alex that causes Andi to reconsider committing suicide?

2) What else has contributed to this feeling?

3) How is Andi's plan to jump from the Eiffel Tower stopped?

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