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Book the 1st

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ch. 1 - The Period: "It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and __________ __________.

a)

74

b)

72

c)

75

d)

76

2.

Ch. 2 - The Mail

"The rider stooped, and, casting up his eyes at the guard, handed the passenger a small folded paper." Who is the rider/

a)

Tom

b)

Joe

c)

Mr. Lorry

d)

Jerry

3.

Ch. 2 - The Mail

Who gives the response "Recalled to life"?

a)

Jerry

b)

Mr. Lorry

c)

Defarge

d)

Tom

4.

Ch. 2 - "Except on the crown, which was raggedly bald, he had stiff, black hair, standing jaggedly all over it, and growing downhill almost to his broad, blunt nose. It was so like smith's work, so much more like the top of a strongly spiked wall than a head of hair..." Who is it?

a)

Mr. Lorry

b)

Jerry

c)

Defarge

d)

Tom the coachman

5.

Ch. 4 - "He wore an odd little sleek crisp flaxen wig, setting very close to his head; which wig, it is to be presumed, was made of hair, but which looked far more as though it were spun from filaments of silk or glass." Who is it?

a)

Jerry

b)

Mr. Lorry

c)

Defarge

d)

Dr. Manette

6.

Ch. 4 - "I have passed from one to another, in the course of my business life, just as I pass from one of our customers to another in the course of my business day; in short, I have no feelings; I am a mere machine." Who is it?

a)

Defarge

b)

Jerry

c)

Dr. Manette

d)

M. Lorry

7.

Ch. 4 - "A wild looking woman... all of a red colour...came running into the room in advance of the inn servants... and soon settled the question of his detachment from the poor young lady, by laying a brawny hand upon his chest, and sending him flying back against the nearest wall." Who is it?

a)

Miss Lorry

b)

Madame Defarge

c)

Lucie Manette

d)

Miss Pross

8.

Ch. 5 - "This wine-shop keeper was a bull-necked, martial-looking man of thirty, and he should have been of a hot temperament, for, although it was a bitter day, he wore no coat, but carried one slung over his shoulder." Who is it?

a)

Defarge

b)

Mr. Lorry

c)

Dr. Manette

d)

Jerry

9.

Ch. 5 - "Madame Defarge knitted with nimble fingers and steady eyebrows, and saw nothing." Madame Defarge is...

a)

a frail and sickly woman who is confined to a wheelchair.

b)

a warm and kind woman who is a mother figure to all who know her.

c)

self-centered and stays out of the affairs of her husband.

d)

keenly observant and does not miss a thing.

10.

Ch. 5 - Why is the door to Dr. Manette's garret room locked?

a)

He might harm others if the door was left open.

b)

He might escape and wander the town if the door was left open.

c)

He might be frightened and harm himself if the door was left open.

d)

He might fall down the stairs and disturb the wine-shop customers if the door was left open.

11.

Ch. 5 - Why does Defarge have the three "Jacques" view Dr. Manette?

a)

The sight of Dr. Manette will change their mind about starting a revolution.

b)

The sight of Dr. Manette will help fuel the coming revolution.

c)

They were old patients of Dr. Manette.

d)

They are friends of Defarge's who want to help Dr. Manette.

12.

Ch. 6 - "The faintness of the voice was pitiable and dreadful... It was like the last feeble echo of a sound made long and long ago. So entirely had it lost the life and resonance of the human voice... that it was like a voice underground." Who is being described?

a)

Dr. Manette

b)

Lucie Manette

c)

Defarge

d)

Madame Defarge

13.

Ch. 5 - "The wine was red wine, and had stained the ground of the narrow street in the suburb of ________ _________, in Paris, where it had spilled."

a)

Saint Bernardo

b)

Saint Christian

c)

San Antonio

d)

Saint Antoine

14.

Ch. 6 - When asked his name, how does the shoemaker respond?

a)

One Hundred, North Tower

b)

One Fifty Five, North Tower

c)

One Hundred and Five, North Tower

d)

One Hundred and One, South Tower

15.

Ch. 6 - "No, no, no; you are too young, too blooming. It can't be." Who does the shoemaker think is in front of him?

a)

He thinks that Lucie is his wife.

b)

He thinks that Lucie is his old servant.

c)

He thinks that Lucie is his child.

d)

He thinks that Lucie is the jailer's daughter.

16.

Ch. 6 - What does the shoemaker have around his neck in a folded rag?

a)

A letter from his wife.

b)

A rag he uses when making shoes.

c)

A piece of his wife's golden hair.

d)

A piece of Lucie's golden hair.

17.

Ch. 6 - What does Dr. Manette ask for when he is in the coach readying to leave with Mr. Lorry and Lucie?

a)

His shoemaking tools

b)

His work bench

c)

His old cloak

d)

His bible

18.

What two cities are being referenced in the title of Dickens' book?

a)

Manchester, England and Paris, France

b)

London, England and Versailles, France

c)

London, England and Paris, France

d)

Liverpool, England and Nice, France