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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 Godel do to Jim on the day of the coronation?

2. Who is going to America the following day at the end of Chapter 2?

3. Who is Baron Godel?

4. What language is Becky learning?

5. Whom does Becky identify from pictures in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Count Thalgau tell Jim about Godel?

3. What happens when a student calls Adelaide a whore in Chapter 6?

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

5. What does Adelaide do after Rudolf is shot?

6. Describe Becky's time at Orchard House.

7. What is Jim's job at court?

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

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

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 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?

Essay Topic 2

What are some examples of plots and schemes found in the novel? What are these plots meant to achieve? Are they successful? Who plans these schemes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of suspicion in the novel "The Tin Princess." Who is suspicious of whom and why? How do these examples of suspicion impact the three lead characters? Who are some suspicious characters in the novel?

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