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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 is the name of the actress who makes an appearance in Chapter 4?

2. Becky lives with ____________.

3. What does Godel do to Jim on the day of the coronation?

4. Who is first in line for the Razkavia throne?

5. What does a mysterious man pay the maid for in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adelaide refuse in Chapter 7?

2. Describe Becky's time at Orchard House.

3. What does J. Taylor tell Becky about Adelaide's past?

4. What does Adelaide do after Rudolf is shot?

5. Who arrives at an apartment near the cathedral in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

9. What does Jim learn about Prince Leopold from Gaisberg in Chapter 6?

10. What is Jim's job at court?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the character Becky. What is her role in the novel? What does the reader learn of her past? What are her defining characteristics? Describe her relationships with the other main characters.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. Who are they and what are their defining character traits? How are they related to the main characters? What are their roles in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of death and murder in the novel "The Tin Princess". How does Pullman illustrate the death and murder motif throughout the novel? What do the characters think of death? How do the characters, particularly Adelaide, react to the deaths?

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