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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. What does Hannah ask Lord Dudley when she visits him in the Tower?

2. What does the court receive word of in October, 1554?

3. What does Elizabeth fear about returning to London in 1554?

4. Why is Hannah sent to Lady Mary's home in 1553?

5. What do the Queen's councilors want to do with Elizabeth in winter, 1554?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Mary send Hannah to visit Elizabeth in Winter 1554?

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

4. On her journey to Hunsdon, what does Hannah notice about the villages she passes through?

5. Why is Hannah sent to the English court in the summer of 1548?

6. Where does the Duke of Northumberland send Hannah in Spring 1553? How does Hannah feel about her assignment?

7. What news trickles in to Woodstock while Hannah is staying the winter there with Elizabeth?

8. Why does Hannah go to see Lord Dudley at the Tower?

9. How do Elizabeth and Mary differ in their religious beliefs?

10. Why does Hannah break her engagement to Daniel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the conflicts of the novel "The Queen's Fool". What are some examples of conflict in the novel? How do these conflicts involve and affect Hannah? How are these conflicts resolved?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "The Queen's Fool". Who are Hannah's family members? Do they help or hinder Hannah throughout the novel? Who are the members of Mary's family? Do they help or hinder Mary during her reign?

Essay Topic 3

There are a number of inaccuracies in the novel when one looks at how history actually happened. Why might Gregory have chosen to change a few of the elements of the story? Does this benefit the novel?

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