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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 Andi pass on the way home?

2. Where does Alex's family end up living in Versailles?

3. Why does Alex accept the job the queen offers?

4. Who is Bette?

5. Who brought Louis-Charles to safety when the palace was stormed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Andi's senior thesis?

2. Why is Alex risking herself to light fireworks?

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

4. Why is Andi drawn to the guitar at G's house?

5. Who is the Green Man and why is Andi so interested in him?

6. Why does Andi want to visit the catacombs?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each time Andi enters the catacombs she has a paranormal experience. On her first visit she sees and hears things that are not there. On her second visit she is transported back in time.

What leads Andi to the catacombs? Why is she fascinated by them? Do you believe she is actually having a paranormal experience, or do you feel her experiences are the result of her medications and/or injuries? In the end, does it matter if the experiences were real? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Andi and her father have a difficult relationship. After Truman died, her mother and father both handled the death in different ways. As a result, their already suffering marriage deteriorated even more. However, at this point, there are some major issues standing between Andi and her father.

1) Why are Andi and her father arguing about her father's treatment of her mother?

2) Why is Andi's father forcing her to come to Paris?

3) How does Andi's love of music cause strain in their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Andi is failing her senior year and will not graduate unless she turns in a successful senior thesis. Andi decides to write about the French composer Malherbeau and plans to research him while she is in Paris.

1) How does Andi's love of music influence her thesis?

2) How does Andi feel Malherbeau has influenced musicians who came after him?

3) Where are some of the places Andi visits in order to collect research?

4) What does she ultimately discover about the musician?

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