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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. Who is the author of "The Tin Princess"?

2. What does Karl von Gaisberg tell Jim in the bar in Chapter 6?

3. What does Becky tell Gaisberg in Chapter 8?

4. What do the Richterbund students report to Jim about Glatz in Chapter 7?

5. Why did Becky and her family leave central Europe when she was young?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Bevan ask of Becky when they first meet?

2. What does Becky suggest in Chapter 7 to Adelaide and Jim?

3. What do the Countess, Becky, and Adelaide talk about in Chapter 5?

4. How do the King and Adelaide get along in Chapter 6?

5. Who is the butcher's boy? Why does J. Taylor give him money?

6. What happens at the Alhambra Theater in Chapter 4?

7. What does Jim do after the shooting?

8. What does Adelaide refuse in Chapter 7?

9. Who do the Prince and Goldberg think set off the bomb?

10. What does the reader learn about Becky's background in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the element of mystery in the novel "The Tin Princess." What are some examples of mystery in the novel? Are all of the mysteries answered by the end of the novel? Who are some of the mysterious characters?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the relationship between Adelaide and Jim. What do they feel for one another? How does their relationship evolve as the novel progresses? How does Jim help Adelaide when she becomes Queen?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the conflict in "The Tin Princess." Who is in conflict with whom? What events or situations cause these conflicts? Are the major conflicts resolved? If so, how?

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