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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. Why does Hannah go home in April of 1553?

2. How does Mary's court change after Elizabeth leaves in 1553?

3. How does Elizabeth react to the executions of heretics in 1555?

4. Why is most of the English army not able to be raised in winter, 1554?

5. What religion does Mary convert England to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hannah break her engagement to Daniel?

2. Who did the country people hope would ascend to the throne and why?

3. Why is Lord Dudley sent to the Tower? What does this mean for Hannah?

4. Why does Mary invite Elizabeth to return to court in Spring 1555?

5. What did Mary's councillors want to do to Elizabeth following the uprising against Mary? Why does Elizabeth procrastinate in her return to London?

6. What is Mary required to do following the uprising against her in Winter 1554?

7. In May 1554, where is Elizabeth taken to live?

8. Why does Hannah return to serve Elizabeth after agreeing to go to France?

9. What vision does Hannah have concerning Tom Seymour?

10. What offer does Mary give to Elizabeth in order for Elizabeth to regain her freedom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss some of the major differences between life in the Tudor period and like in modern-day England. How might this story have been different if it were set in modern-day England?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the death motif in the novel "The Queen's Fool". Who dies in the novel and why? How do these deaths affect Hannah, particularly the death of her father?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the real historical figures which Gregory depicts in the novel. Who are they? Does Gregory depict these figures accurately? Does she change any elements of their lives to further the plot?

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