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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What words continue to repeat in Carton's mind as he wanders the streets throughout the night?
(a) Father forgive them.
(b) I am who I am.
(c) Though we walk through the shadows of death
(d) I am the resurrection and the life.

2. What does a woman waiting to be executed ask to do when she sees Carton's face?
(a) Write the prophecies she sees in his eyes
(b) Write of the fear she sees in his face
(c) Write about the pain in his face
(d) Write about the blank stare in his eyes

3. Who are the three witnesses against Charles Darnay at his trial?
(a) Monsieur Defarge, Solomon, and The Vengeance
(b) Monsieur Defarge, Madame Defarge, and The Vengeance
(c) Monsieur Defarge, The Vengeance, and Doctor Manette
(d) Monsieur Defarge, Madame Defarge, and Doctor Manette

4. What are Carton's true feelings about Mr. Lorry?
(a) He sees Mr. Lorry as a self-centered aristocrat.
(b) He sees Mr. Lorry as a useless fool.
(c) He views Mr. Lorry as a weakling and coward.
(d) He sees Mr. Lorry as a good man and true friend.

5. Who denounces Charles Darnay, causing him to be arrested once again?
(a) The Vengeance
(b) The owner of Tellson's Bank
(c) Jerry Cruncher
(d) Citizen and Citizeness Defarge

6. What request does Lucie present to the four men holding her husband?
(a) She requests that she be able to embrace Charles one more time.
(b) She requests that they allow her to send Charles a note.
(c) She requests that Charles be able to hold his daughter again.
(d) She requests that she can pray with Charles.

7. What disguise are the two men turning the grindstone wearing?
(a) Masks of white powder
(b) False eyebrows and false eyelashes
(c) Burlap bags over their faces
(d) Wild boar heads over their faces

8. Why do Lucie and Charles not hire a housekeeper?
(a) Little Lucie does all the housekeeping chores.
(b) Lucie enjoys housekeeping.
(c) They prefer to live in seclusion.
(d) They are not rich and they fear domestic spies.

9. What does Little Lucie recall later in her life that Carton said to Lucie while she was unconscious?
(a) Be happy
(b) Take care
(c) A life you love
(d) I will never forget you

10. What is the outcome of the struggle between Madame Defarge and Miss Pross?
(a) Madame Defarge is shot.
(b) Madame Defarge is stabbed.
(c) Miss Pross is shot.
(d) Miss Pross is stabbed.

11. What does Carton believe will happen to Charles?
(a) He will escape.
(b) He will talk his way out of his situation.
(c) He will perish.
(d) He will commit suicide.

12. Who accompanies Mr. Lorry to go see Lucie?
(a) Jerry, Monsieur Defarge, and the Vengeance
(b) Monsieur Defarge, the Vengeance, and Carton
(c) Monsieur Defarge, Madame Defarge, and the Vengeance
(d) Madame Defarge, the Vengeance, and Carton

13. What startles Lucie as she sits in her home listening to her father tell Little Lucie a story?
(a) A rap on the door
(b) A drum in the distance
(c) Footsteps on the stairs
(d) A rock thrown at the window

14. What does Carton purchase after talking to the wood-sawyer?
(a) Two packets from the chemist
(b) A new pipe
(c) A silver topped cane
(d) A silk top hat

15. How does Doctor Manette manage to visit Charles in prison?
(a) Manette bribes the guards.
(b) Manette is allowed to visit because of his past imprisonment.
(c) Manette becomes the prison's physician.
(d) Manette sneaks past the guards after dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Miss Pross run across her long lost brother, Solomon?

2. What becomes of the King of France in this new era of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, and Death?

3. What is the news Doctor Manette brings to Lucie about her husband?

4. Who cries out Solomon's English identity when he sees Jerry and Miss Pross talking to him?

5. What is the question that Miss Pross has for Doctor Manette?

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