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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 arrange Helen and Paul’s trip to Hungary?

2. What does the narrator learn about Helen in Part Three, Chapter 63?

3. What does the narrator find in her father’s room in Part Three, Chapter 63?

4. Who helps Helen and Paul get into Budapest?

5. How is Eva Helen’s aunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was it difficult for Helen and Paul to travel to Budapest? How do they get around this difficulty?

2. Who kills Mr. Erozan? How? Why?

3. What three pieces of information do Paul and Helen learn from Helen’s Aunt Eva?

4. What does the narrator realize about Barley as they travel together by train?

5. Who is Ranov? What is his relationship with Paul and Helen?

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

7. What conclusion does Paul come to, thanks to a letter discovered by Bora?

8. Why does Jozsef interrogate Aunt Eva about Paul?

9. Explain why Hugh James wants to kill Dracula.

10. What cliffhanger does the narrator leave you with in the Epilogue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define inference. What is its purpose in literature? How is it identified? Identify and explain at least one inference made in The Historian. How does it impact the story?

Essay Topic 2

Define theme. How is it used in literature? Identify at least one theme found in The Historian, and explain how it is expressed throughout the story.

Essay Topic 3

Define point of view. Identify each type of point of view and its characteristics. What is the point of view of The Historian? How do you know?

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