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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 does Villanelle´s philosopher friend wear as a crown?
(a) Feathers woven together.
(b) Rags tied together.
(c) Rats tied together.
(d) Flowers tied together.

2. What do Villanelle and Henri pose as while they are travelling together?
(a) Husband and wife.
(b) Niece and nephew.
(c) Brother and sister.
(d) Cousins.

3. When Henri first reaches Venice, how long does he sleep for?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

4. What does Henri say is worse than watching his comrades die?
(a) Watching Napoleon cry.
(b) Watching them live.
(c) Watching them cry.
(d) Watching them fight.

5. What is the jar that Henri finds in the Queen´s house wrapped in?
(a) A dress.
(b) Villanelle´s uniform.
(c) A towel.
(d) A scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Domino write in the snow when Henri asks him to desert?

2. What is in the sixth room of the Queen´s house?

3. Where is Henri wounded?

4. How long has the group been travelling when Patrick begins to behave oddly?

5. What is the name of the prosecuting attorney in Henri´s case?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long does Villanelle say she knew the Queen of Spades? How many nights did they have together?

2. When Henri and Villanelle reach Venice, who do they stay with? How is Henri received?

3. What happens to Patrick while he, Henri, and Villanelle are traveling? What does he talk about?

4. How does Villanelle know the cook? What connection does Henri finally make between him, Villanelle, and her fluency in French?

5. Why does Villanelle decide to marry the meat man? What does she say they had in common?

6. At the end of the novel, what does Henri see in the boat with Villanelle? What does he wonder about this?

7. When Villanelle's husband catches up with her, what do they do to settle the score? What happens to Villanelle?

8. What does Villanelle tell Henri he must find in the Queen's house? How does Villanelle convince Henri to do this?

9. Why is Napoleon´s army more demoralized as they reach Moscow? What happens to Henri at this point?

10. What are the terms of Villanelle's husband's will? How does this influence Henri's decision to confess?

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