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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 helps Helen and Paul get into Budapest?

2. What do Helen and Paul watch Baba Yanka do?

3. What does Helen admit about Jozsef in Part Two, Chapter 48?

4. Where does Bora suggest Helen and Paul go at the end of Part Two, Chapter 48?

5. What do the narrator and Barley take with them when they get off the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator think about her father when she finds his empty room in France? Why?

2. What do Helen and Paul decide about their future in Part Three, Chapter 62?

3. Why does Jozsef interrogate Aunt Eva about Paul?

4. Why do Helen and Paul return home after finding Dracula’s tomb?

5. What is significant about the postcards from Helen Rossi that the narrator finds in Part Three, Chapter 63?

6. What two things does Helen admit to Rossi after Jozsef interrogates Aunt Eva?

7. What does the narrator realize is strange about the postcards her mother wrote to her?

8. How does Turgut Bora become involved in Paul’s research?

9. Why do Helen and Paul drive a silver dagger into Rossi’s heart?

10. What does Dracula think of Paul? How do you know?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Freytag’s Pyramid. Identify the elements of Freytag’s Pyramid and give at least one example of each element from the story.

Essay Topic 2

Define suspense. How is it used in literature? Identify at least two examples of suspense in The Historian. What makes these moments suspenseful? How is each resolved?

Essay Topic 3

Define motif. What is its role in literature? Identify at least one motif found in The Historian and explain how it is expressed throughout the story.

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