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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many defenseless men and women held prisoner were killed during the four days Doctor Manette is away to help Charles?
(a) 1100
(b) 43
(c) 150
(d) 275

2. Where does Defarge take Charles Darnay when he arrives at the gates of Paris?
(a) His wine shop
(b) A safe house
(c) Prison of La Force
(d) The Bastille

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

4. What is the main source of evidence presented against Charles Darnay?
(a) A traitorous letter written by Charles
(b) An eyewitness
(c) A letter written in the prison of the Bastille
(d) An incriminating weapon with Charles' initials imprinted on it

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Lorry's plan for the safe departure of Lucie, her daughter, her father, her husband, Miss Pross, and Jerry Cruncher?

2. Who are the three witnesses against Charles Darnay at his trial?

3. What is Madame Defarge plotting?

4. What is the new mode of address decreed by the patriots?

5. What does Little Lucie recall later in her life that Carton said to Lucie while she was unconscious?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the result of the encounter between Miss Pross and Madame Defarge.

2. How does Carton help the seamstress who is being executed before him?

3. Summarize the contents of the note Charles sends to Lucie.

4. How does Lucie make herself known to Charles each day?

5. Describe the reaction of Miss Pross when she sees her brother in the marketplace.

6. What are the three letters Charles writes from prison before his scheduled execution, and who does he forget?

7. An escort is forced upon Charles when he enters France. Where does this escort bring him?

8. Describe the reaction of the crowd in the courtyard have toward Doctor Manette when he reveals who he is.

9. What do Carton and Lorry discuss about the fate of Charles?

10. There is a knock on Doctor Manette's door. Who is knocking and what is their purpose?

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