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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 Virgil take Andi before dawn one morning?

2. What is Andi's father doing when she approaches him about her outline?

3. Who is Andi's father talking to before she leaves the house in the morning.

4. What did Andi hear when she and Nick stopped to eat?

5. What strikes Andi about the rose being held in the portrait?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has been revealed by the DNA tests on the possible "lost" prince's heart?

2. What does Alex accuse the Duc d' Orleans of doing?

3. Who is the girl Andi saw Virgil kiss at Remy's?

4. What happens between Virgil and Andi when they go on a date?

5. What does Andi observe in Malherbeau's portrait when she visits his home?

6. Why was the royal family moved to the Temple?

7. What happens to Alex?

8. How does Virgil's attention make Andi feel?

9. What does Andi do to harm herself after seeing Virgil with another girl?

10. Why might Alex feel guilty about her interactions with the royal family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Alex's relationship with the Dauphin (prince) of France. Why did the queen choose her to be Louis-Charles' companion? How does Alex feel about this job? How does she feel about the prince in the beginning? Do you think this feeling will change? Why or why not?

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