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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 warn Elizabeth against in the spring of 1555?

2. What does the King contemplate doing in spring, 1555?

3. What does Queen Mary begin to feel anxious about in spring, 1555?

4. What must Elizabeth promise to do for Mary to name her as heir?

5. What changes take place with the printing shop in 1556?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Elizabeth's behavior like while the Queen is in confinement?

2. What does Daniel's mother instruct Hannah about in Calais?

3. Where does Hannah go after Daniel's mistress is killed right in front of her?

4. How is Mrs. Carpenter helpful when Hannah's father passes away?

5. After being found innocent of the charges against her, what does Hannah decide to do?

6. When Hannah returns to court, what state does she find the Queen in?

7. Who does Daniel believe Danny is when he is released from captivity?

8. As she seeks safety, who does Hannah encounter on the street in the winter of 1557-1558?

9. Who visits Calais in the early summer in 1557?

10. What makes Hannah long to return to England in 1557?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the protagonist of the novel, Hannah Green. What are her defining characteristics? Describe her background. What is her role at court? What is her relationship to the Queen?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of Hannah's visions? How do they help her throughout the novel? How do they hurt her? What does she see in her visions? Do all of her visions happen later on in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What are the different roles of the English monarchy during the Tudor Era? What titles do Elizabeth and Mary hold during the novel? What title do they both covet? How does Elizabeth try to steal Mary's title away from her?

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