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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. What is Queen Marie-Louise embroidering in the beginning of Part Four: Chapter I?
(a) A pillowcase
(b) A rug
(c) A baby bottle
(d) An altar cloth

2. How did Ti Noël gain passage on a ship to Santo Domingo in Part Three: Chapter I?
(a) By inheriting his master’s estate
(b) By saving money given to him at Christmas
(c) By inheriting his father’s estate
(d) By working as a bank clerk

3. What is Part Two: Chapter VI’s title?
(a) The Great Fight
(b) The Ship of Dogs
(c) The Amputation
(d) The Royal Palace

4. What is the title of Part Two: Chapter V?
(a) Santiago de Cuba
(b) The Ship of Dogs
(c) The Great Fight
(d) Ultima Ratio Regum

5. Pauline Bonaparte’s husband has bought a house on an island off the north coast of what county in case they should have to flee in Part Two: Chapter VI?
(a) Bolivia
(b) Peru
(c) Argentina
(d) Venezuela

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pauline depart for after her husband’s death in Part Two?

2. What is Part Three: Chapter VII’s title?

3. Part Three: Chapter III is titled “The Sacrifice of the” what?

4. In Part Three: Chapter VII, the released prisoners talk of beheading the queen, as who was beheaded in the French Revolution?

5. Soliman retells his stories and paints himself as what in Part Four: Chapter I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ti Noël’s former plantation described in Part Three: Chapter II?

2. Where does Pauline go after her husband’s death in Part Two: Chapter VII? What happens to her sense of superstition?

3. How is Pauline Bonaparte’s behavior depicted after her arrival on the island in Part Two: Chapter VI? What is her relationship to Soliman?

4. Why does M. Lenormand de Mézy turn to religion in Part Two: Chapter V?

5. What does the exposition reveal of Ti Noël’s circumstances in Part Three: Chapter I? How did Ti Noël gain freedom?

6. How is Pauline Bonaparte described in Part Two: Chapter VI? Where is she traveling?

7. Where does Pauline Bonaparte go after the plague begins spreading in Part Two: Chapter VII? Who goes with her?

8. How is Soliman perceived by the public in Rome in Part Four: Chapter I?

9. What supernatural occurrence is described in Part Three: Chapter V?

10. How is King Henri Christophe’s behavior described in Part Three: Chapter III?

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