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b) ‘Hold your torch so that I can see!’ (page 28)
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c) ‘It must burn.’ (page 29)

4 Read pages 26 to 29 again and answer the questions.
a) When exactly does the revolution begin in Paris?

b) Where does Defarge fi nd the hidden papers in cell one hundred and fi ve,
North Tower?

c) Who does Gabelle ask for help when he sees the Evrémonde Castle burning?

d) What have the people of Evrémonde forgotten about the marquis?

5 Read pages 26 to 29 again. Match the beginnings of the
sentences a to e with their endings 1 to 5.
a) A huge crowd of people run 1) with a dirty straw bed, a chimney, a
table and a chair.
b) The people of Paris are stronger 2) onto the streets of Paris.

c) The cell is small and dark, 3) but no one helps him.
d) Gabelle asks for help 4) burn down the aristocrats’ houses.
e) The angry villagers 5) than the prison offi cers in the
Bastille.
6 Who do you think wrote the papers that Defarge finds in cell

one hundred and five, North Tower? What do you think is
written on the papers? Write about 60 words.

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