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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What startles Lucie as she sits in her home listening to her father tell Little Lucie a story?
(a) Footsteps on the stairs
(b) A rock thrown at the window
(c) A drum in the distance
(d) A rap on the door

2. What do Mr. Lorry and Carton find falling out of the doctor's pocket?
(a) Papers denying safe passage out of France
(b) Papers that allow safe passage out of France
(c) Papers condemning Charles
(d) Papers condemning the doctor and Lucie

3. What words continue to repeat in Carton's mind as he wanders the streets throughout the night?
(a) I am the resurrection and the life.
(b) Though we walk through the shadows of death
(c) I am who I am.
(d) Father forgive them.

4. How many people are condemned to die on the same day as Charles?
(a) 152
(b) 68
(c) 97
(d) 52

5. What is Mr. Lorry grateful for as he sits in Tellson's Bank in Paris?
(a) He is grateful that none of his loved ones are in Paris.
(b) He is grateful that he still has a job.
(c) He is grateful that he has not been taken prisoner.
(d) He is grateful that he is leaving Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the evidence against Charles call up in the crowd at the trial?

2. What is the news Doctor Manette brings to Lucie about her husband?

3. What does Carton purchase after talking to the wood-sawyer?

4. What is Madame Defarge's reaction to the fate of Charles Darnay?

5. What is Mr. Lorry's plan for the safe departure of Lucie, her daughter, her father, her husband, Miss Pross, and Jerry Cruncher?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lucie make herself known to Charles each day?

2. Summarize the reaction of the crowd at the innocent verdict for Charles.

3. How does Carton manage to convince Solomon to help him see Charles in prison?

4. How does Doctor Manette manage to communicate messages between Charles and Lucie?

5. Describe the one thing that Monsieur Defarge does not agree with about his wife's thinking.

6. Describe how La Guillotine is used as a symbol of the patriots.

7. An escort is forced upon Charles when he enters France. Where does this escort bring him?

8. Describe the Carmagnole.

9. There is a knock on Doctor Manette's door. Who is knocking and what is their purpose?

10. Summarize the contents of the note Charles sends to Lucie.

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