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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Carton manage to get Charles out of his prison cell?
(a) He lowers a rope from the tower and climbs down.
(b) He slips out a secret passageway.
(c) He anesthetizes him and Barsard carries him out.
(d) He goes through a trap door in the floor.

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

3. What is the matter in which Madame Defarge cannot trust her husband?
(a) She cannot trust him to remain true to her.
(b) She cannot trust him to capture Lucie and her daughter for execution.
(c) She cannot trust him to be a traitor to the Republic.
(d) She cannot trust him to execute Charles.

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

5. What advice does Carton give to Mr. Lorry about Charles' fate?
(a) Help Lucie to grieve
(b) Grieve now and never again
(c) Help Lucie to accept the circumstances
(d) Don't grieve

6. Who does Mr. Lorry leave with Lucie, her child, and Miss Pross at their new lodgings?
(a) Doctor Manette
(b) Carton
(c) Jerry
(d) Defarge

7. What has the wood-sawyer named his saw?
(a) My Little Guillotine
(b) My Dear Livelihood
(c) My Little Shaver
(d) My Sharp Razor

8. What is the question that Miss Pross has for Doctor Manette?
(a) When will they be able to go back to England?
(b) How can she go about joining the patriots' cause?
(c) When will a new king rule France?
(d) Will they be able to become citizens of France?

9. What is the physical appearance of the men and women sharpening weapons in the courtyard?
(a) They are dressed in uniforms.
(b) They are covered in blood.
(c) They are dressed in party wear.
(d) They wear clean clothes and white wigs.

10. What is Lucie's reaction when she is finally pulled away from Charles?
(a) She scratches at her eyes.
(b) She pulls her hair hysterically.
(c) She screams.
(d) She faints.

11. What is the verdict rendered to Charles Darnay?
(a) He is returned to prison.
(b) He is found innocent and released.
(c) He is to be quartered.
(d) He is sent to La Guillotine.

12. What do Mr. Lorry and Carton find falling out of the doctor's pocket?
(a) Papers condemning the doctor and Lucie
(b) Papers that allow safe passage out of France
(c) Papers condemning Charles
(d) Papers denying safe passage out of France

13. What does Darnay tell Doctor Manette about the evidence brought against him in court?
(a) He tells Manette that the conviction is his entire fault.
(b) He tells Manette not to feel guilty about it.
(c) He tells Manette that Lucie will never forgive him.
(d) He tells Manette that he was a fool to write the letter.

14. What is Madame Defarge's destination as she walks through the streets?
(a) Doctor Manette's and Lucie's lodgings
(b) Tullsen's Bank
(c) La Guillotine
(d) The wine shop

15. How does Carton comfort the seamstress who is executed before him?
(a) He tells her that she is brave.
(b) He tells her there is no trouble or worry in the next world.
(c) He tells her that she is too good for this world.
(d) He tells her that her family will pray for her soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the unanimous vote at Charles' trial?

2. What do the people of the city have to say about Sydney Carton's execution at La Guillotine?

3. What is the outcome of the struggle between Madame Defarge and Miss Pross?

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

5. What is Madame Defarge plotting?

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