ATOTC: Reading Check (Through p. 144)

Who is the heir to the St. Evremonde estate?

• Jerry Cruncher
• Charles Darnay
• Dr. Manette
• Mr. Lorry

What has Madame Defarge really been knitting?

• a flag for the revolution
• a new declaration of independence from the nobility
• a list of names for extermination
• a ransom note

What happens to Dr. Manette when Lucy goes on her honeymoon?

• He cannot stop crying about missing Lucy
• He has a mental relapse
• He runs away so Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross must find him
• He meets with conspirators at night to discuss the murder of a high ranking noble

When a letter arrives for the Marquis St. Evremonde, why is it that Mr. Lorry cannot find him?

• Mr. Lorry is hiding that fact that he, himself, is the Marquis.
• The Marquis has gone away on business and wont be back for two weeks
• The Marquis has fled to Spain
• The Marquis is Charles Darnay, and if he is found out, his life could be in danger

Whom does Charles Darnay describe as "reckless and bound for trouble?"

• Jerry Cruncher
• Jerry Jr.
• himself
• Sydney Carton

What does the word "menacing" mean?

• threatening
• to mence
• bewildering
• friendly

What is a "pike?"

• a castle wall
• a name for a revolutionary
• a long spear
• a type of tree

Which group storms and gains control of the Bastille?

• the nobles
• the revolutionaries
• the english government
• the french army

Who is so terrified of the revolutionaries that he fakes his own death and hides in the country?

• Foulon the tax collector
• Monsieur Defarge
• The Vengeance
• Sydney Carton

What do the revolutionaries do to Foulon the tax collector?

• they make him their new leader
• they throw him into the Bastille
• they hang him and put his head on a pike
• they bury him alive