Name______HW Book 3 “The Track of a Storm”
Please put answers in complete sentences on a separate sheet.
HW #14 Chapters 9-15
1. (ch 9) What is different about Sydney Carton when he appears in France? Consider how he interacts with Mr. Lorry. What does Sydney think about, whom does he help, and where does he go when he walks around Paris at night?
2. (ch 10) Explain why Dr. Manette is listed as one of the Evremonde brothers’ accusers. Include how did Dr. Manette met the Evremonde brothers, who the two patients were, the crimes the Evremonde brothers committed, and what Dr. Manette did that resulted in his imprisonment.
3. (Ch 11) How do Lucie, Charles, Sydney, Lorry, and Manette all behave in this chapter? What does that reveal about them in the face of despair?
4. (Ch 12) What motif appears at the beginning of this chapter? How does Sydney Carton purposely try to alter his appearance? Why is he doing this? What does he learn about Madame Defarge and her personal connection to the Evremonde case?
5. (Ch 12) What has Dr. Manette been doing while Sydney Carton was at the wine shop? What are the specific instructions Carton gives Jarvis Lorry for the next day? Be thorough.
6. (Ch 13) What does Charles Darnay do in the last few hours of his life in prison? How is the recalled to life motif ever important in this chapter?
7. (ch 14-15) What is the meaning of the titles “Fifty-Two” and “The Footsteps Die out Forever.” How do Mr. Cruncher and Ms. Pross become very important in the grand plan of events?
8. (ch 15) What is the purpose of theseamstress’ late arrival in the novel? Does she know what is happening? Consider how she fits in with the other women in the novel, mainly Lucie and Madame Defarge.
9. How does Barsad act in this chapter? What is revealed by the prophetic musings of a woman before her death?