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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. How did Hannah's mother die?

2. Where is Elizabeth taken in May, 1554?

3. What religion does Mary convert England to?

4. Where is Lady Mary's home?

5. What is the name of Hannah's fiancé?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hannah assume when Mary sends her to see Elizabeth in Winter 1554? What does Mary remind Hannah of to correct her?

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

3. What does Daniel say in his letter to Hannah in Summer 1554? What does Hannah eventually reply?

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

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

6. What happens politically after the death of King Edward?

7. In Autumn and Winter 1553, what do Mary's advisors recommend that she do to secure her throne?

8. How did Hannah come to be employed in the home of the Dudley family?

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

10. What does Mary agonize over in Spring and Summer 1554?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Discuss the motif of marriage and children in the novel "The Queen's Fool". Who does Hannah marry? Is her marriage a happy one? What obstacles does Hannah face in her marriage? Who is Danny? Who does Mary marry? Why does England object to this marriage? Is Mary's marriage a happy one? How does Mary's struggle to have a child affect her and her marriage?

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