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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. Where does Andi's father want Andi to live?

2. What is Andi's mother doing when Andi returns home from school?

3. Who is waiting for Andi when she returns home?

4. Who is Nick's godfather?

5. What happened in the years following the French Revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Alex once she and her family move to the French city of Versailles?

2. What is foreshadowed in the conversation between Louis-Charles and Alex as they discuss the fireworks?

3. How is Andi's mother coping with the death of Truman?

4. What happens between Andi and Nick at Nick's party?

5. What is life like for Alex as her story begins?

6. What is Andi's behavior like as the book opens?

7. Who is Virgil and what is his relationship with Andi?

8. What is the deal Andi strikes with her father?

9. Why do fireworks make Louis-Charles both happy and sad?

10. How does Andi's guitar allow her to make money and meet a new friend?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Andi is suffering from depression and is taking antidepressants to help her cope with her emotional state. However, throughout the book she takes it upon herself to change the doses of her medication. Some days she takes less, other days she takes too much.

1) Discuss what happens to Andi that makes her change her medication doses?

2) What are the results of Andi's medication changes?

3) Is it safe for Andi to play with her medications? Why or why not?

4) How is Andi's desire to tamper with her medications an indication of her emotional state?

Essay Topic 2

After Andi emails her thesis outline to her father she waits for him to come home. Before she can discuss her paper with him, she has a chance to overhear him on the phone discussing herself and Truman. What does Andi hear that makes her feel sympathy toward her father? How does he blame himself for her depression? Who does he blame for the failure of his marriage? Who does he blame for Truman's death? Why do you think he is unwilling to accept Andi's attempt to comfort him?

Essay Topic 3

As Alex's story unfolds it becomes clear that the Duc d' Orleans is a formidable antagonist.

1) Who is the Duc.

2) What does he want?

3) How does he use Alex's relationship with the prince to his advantage?

4) What role does the Duc play in the Terror of September 1792?

5) What happens to the Duc as the revolution moves forward?

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