ATOTC: Reading Check (p. 96-114)

What promise does Sydney Carton make to Lucie Manette?

• To marry her and take care of her needs forever
• To stop drinking and feeling sorry for himself
• To be a bodyguard for Dr. Manette
• To do help Miss Manette, or anyone she loves, if she should ever need it.

What literary device is represented in the above promise?

• personification
• foreshadowing
• pun
• simile

What tools does Jerry Cruncher use to go "fishing?"

• a fishing pole and live bait
• a stolen boat and priceless fishing lure
• a broken net and a piece of string
• a crowbar, a rope and chain, and a sack.

Who is said to be in the coffin that Jerry Cruncher is talking about?

• Roger Cly
• Sydney Carton
• Charles Darnay
• Ernest Defarge

What does Young Jerry say he wants to be when he grows up?

• a judge
• a resurrection man
• a banker
• a spy

Whose child was hit by the Marquis's coach?

• Syndey Carton's
• Dr. Manette's
• Gaspard's
• The Defarge's

What is a petition?

• a formal request addressed to people in power, asking for a favor, right, or mercy.
• a sign placed on doorways to identify a person convicted of a crime
• a large blanket which can be hung from castle walls
• a code-name used by spies and secret groups

What are "gallows"?

• The front bow of a navy ship or vessel
• the framework from which criminals are hung
• a jail cell
• a name for a coffin

What craft is Madame Defarge usually busy working on when her husband has company?

• writing
• painting
• knitting
• composing music

Make a simile about Jerry Cruncher.