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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Doctor Manette's condition when he returns home from trying to find leniency for Charles?
(a) He has a relapse and looks for his shoemaking bench.
(b) He remains strong for Lucie.
(c) He is jubilant with success.
(d) He is resigned to Charles' fate.

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

3. Why do men and women gather in the courtyard to sharpen weapons on the grindstone?
(a) They are preparing for an invasion.
(b) They are killing the prisoners.
(c) They are slaughtering cattle.
(d) They are sharpening weapons for the king's soldiers.

4. What does the audience yell out as Darnay's name is called?
(a) Set him free.
(b) Show mercy.
(c) Let him rot in prison.
(d) Take off his head.

5. What is Defarge's response when Charles Darnay asks him to contact Mr. Lorry at Tellson's Bank?
(a) Defarge says nothing.
(b) Defarge says that he will deliver the message himself.
(c) Defarge says that he will be glad to send Lorry a message.
(d) Defarge says that he will do nothing for Charles.

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

7. What is Sydney's intention now that Charles is out of the prison?
(a) He will escape through the trap door.
(b) He will be executed in Charles' place.
(c) He will wait for Charles to reach safety, then escape.
(d) He will declare his true identity at La Guillotine.

8. What is Madame Defarge plotting?
(a) The death of her own husband
(b) The death of Mr. Lorry and Jerry Cruncher
(c) The imprisonment of Doctor Manette
(d) The death of Lucie, her daughter, and her father

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

10. What is the unanimous vote at Charles' trial?
(a) Prison for life
(b) Hanging in two weeks
(c) Death within 24 hours
(d) Exile

11. While Charles Darnay is on his way to Paris, he is awakened in the middle of the night by French patriots. What do they insist he must do to get to Paris?
(a) Travel with a caravan of immigrants.
(b) Travel with soldiers.
(c) Travel alone, during the night.
(d) Travel with an escort.

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

13. Who decides which prisoners will be released or murdered at the prison?
(a) The guards vote on it
(b) The king
(c) The warden
(d) The tribunal

14. What is Madame Defarge's reaction to the fate of Charles Darnay?
(a) She is indifferent.
(b) She is saddened.
(c) She is horrified.
(d) She smiles.

15. How many people are condemned to die on the same day as Charles?
(a) 152
(b) 52
(c) 68
(d) 97

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Doctor Manette sure that there will be no more shoemaking or North Tower for him ever again?

2. What startles Lucie as she sits in her home listening to her father tell Little Lucie a story?

3. How does Doctor Manette manage to visit Charles in prison?

4. What does Carton use as a means to convince Solomon to cooperate with him in helping Charles Darnay?

5. Who makes up the Tribunal?

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