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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 a curator tell Jim about Prince Leopold in Chapter 6?

2. Whom does Jim hire to guard the Prince's guard?

3. What area of London is Becky walking through at the beginning of the novel?

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

5. In Chapter 7, what is the man who arrives at Alois Egger's apartment carrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is J. Taylor looking for Adelaide? What does Becky tell him about her?

2. What do the Prince and Becky's mother talk about in Chapter 4?

3. What happens during the meeting with the King at the end of Chapter 5?

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

5. Why is Becky walking through the St. John's area of London at the beginning of the novel?

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

7. What does Jim do after the shooting?

8. Why does Jim have a hard time getting to the coronation? How does he get there in the end?

9. What does Jim do with the Irish gang?

10. Why must the Prince and Adelaide go to Razkavia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the motif of betrayal in the novel "The Tin Princess." Who betrays whom and why? How do these examples of betrayal impact the three lead characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Philip Pullman, the author of "The Tin Princess." What others works has he written? What similarities or connections can be found between this novel and Pullman's other work? How is he regarded in the literary world?

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