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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 the Queen tell Vivian when they meet briefly?
2. What male member of the British royal family's staff is in the kitchen of the Duchess's cottage when Vivian arrives there for breakfast her first morning staying there?
3. Who is Maddie's friend who regularly works for the new Duchess?
4. In Chapter 5, what does Vivian remember with displeasure about one of the last men she dated?
5. In Chapter 6, which dress does Vivian tell the Duchess she likes best?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 2, what question does Vivian ask Malcolm that is very forward and has to do with race?
2. Why does Maddie ask Vivian to come to England with her for Christmas, and not her boyfriend Theo?
3. In Chapter 2, what does Malcolm tell Vivian his main job is?
4. In Chapter 4, why does Malcolm tell Vivian he learned to ride horses as an adult?
5. In Chapter 4, what does Malcolm tell Vivian is a good reason she should take a risk and ride one of the royal horses?
6. In Chapter 1, what big news does Vivian tell Maddie on the car ride to Sandringham?
7. In Chapter 5, what does Malcolm do on the way back to Sandringham Estate with Vivian that takes her off-guard at first?
8. In Chapter 4, how does Vivian end up feeling about riding a horse once she has done it for a short time?
9. How does it come to pass that Malcolm Hudson gives Vivian a tour of Sandringham Estate?
10. In Chapter 2, what does Malcolm as Vivian to do as a special outing the following day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the novel, Guillory makes a point of highlighting how different characters respond to Vivian upon first meeting her; she seems to put most people at ease. Write an essay discussing how and why Guillory highlights Vivian's appeal to other characters in the book, and explore how Guillory's descriptions of Vivian's interactions with other people contributes to the development and exposition of Vivian's character.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter two, why do you think Vivian asks Malcolm whether there are other black people who work closely with the Queen? Why do you think Malcolm seems not to mind Vivian's asking this pointed question about race, when he has often chosen not to answer people's probing questions along these lines in the past? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing how Vivian chooses to deal with her initial uncertainty about how the staff at Frogmore Cottage might feel about serving her, a middle-aged, middle-class black American woman.
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