Chapters 1-5
1.  What bad news does the ship bring?
2.  Who is Edmond Dantes?
3.  Why did the ship stop at the Isle of Elba
4.  How do you as a reader know that Danglars and Edmond are not friends?
5.  What happened to the 200 francs Edmond had given his father when he left him three months before?
6.  How does Edmond react to Caderousse when he meets him?
7.  Who else wants to marry Mercedes?
8.  Why is Edmond going to Paris?
9.  What happens the day before Edmond gets married?
10.  Who is Villefort's father?
11.  Who pleads with Villefort on Edmond's behalf?
12.  To whom is the letter addressed that Edmond is to deliver in Paris?
13.  What does Villefort do with the letter?  Why?
14.  Even though Villefort believes Edmond is innocent, what did he do?  Why?  What do we learn about Villefort as a character?
 

Chapters 6-10
1.  Where is Edmond taken?
2.  What does Edmond ask for in prison?
3.  Who has come to see King Louis XVIII regarding possible trouble by the Bonapartists?
4.  How well does the King know him?
5.  Who repeatedly saw Villefort in hopes of having Edmond set free?
6.  Did Morrel continue to free Edmond?
7.  Whom did Villefort marry?
8.  What happens to Edmond's father?
9.  Describe Edmond's attitude in prison.
10. What causes him to start eating again?
11.  What action does he take after ascertaining that the noise is from another prisoner and not from a workman?
12.  Who is the other prisoner?
13.  How long has he been in the Chateau d'If?
14.  What do the priest and Edmond plan to do with their time?
15.  Describe their new plan of escape.
16.  Why is the priest unable to escape?  Does Edmond escape without him?
 

Chapters 11-15
1.  Does the priest convince Edmond of the existence of the treasure?
2.  Where is the island of Monte Cristo and what is it like?
3.  What happens to the priest?
4.  What does Edmond do with the priest's body?
5.  What does Edmond do when he reaches the island?
6.  How does Edmond get off the island?
7.  Does Edmond think anyone he had known in the past will recognize him?
8.  What is his first opportunity to get off the island?
9.  After landing on the Isle of Monte Cristo, how does Edmond get away from the others?
10.  Who insists on going with him?
11.  How does Edmond get rid of him?
12.  How does Edmond manage to stay on Monte Cristo?
13.  How does Edmond get to Monte Cristo?
14.  What news does Jacopo bring him?
 

Chapters 16-19
1.  How does the priest know Edmond Dantes?
2.  What does Caderousse know about the death of Edmond's father?
3.  What does Caderousse say about Fernand and Danglars?
4.  What does Edmond learn from Caderousse about Morrel?
5.  What became of Danglars?  Of Fernand?
6.  How does the priest react to Caderousse's greed?
7.  Where does the mayor send Edmond?
8.  How many employees does Morrel have left?
9.  What bothers Morrel most?
10.  How long does Edmond, disguised as the Englishman, give Morrel to pay the bills?
11.  What strange arrangement does Edmond make with Julie?
12.  Why does Morrel go to Paris?
13.  Who is Maximillien?
14.  What does Morrel plan to do to avoid dishonor?
15.  What does the red purse contain?  Why does Morrel think the purse looks familiar?
 

Chapters 20-24
1.  Who are the two young French gentleman who arrive in Rome and why are they there?
2.  What does Monte Cristo do in order to meet them?
3.  What is the main subject the three discuss when they meet?
4.  What is Monte Cristo's main theory concerning vengeance?
5.  After flirting with the ladies for some time and after giving one of them a letter, what does Albert receive?
6.  What does Franz learn about Albert from the letter?
7.  Describe Monte Cristo's relationship with the messenger who brought the letter.
8.  Who was the woman in the carriage?
9.  Why is Albert grateful to Monte Cristo?
10.  Who is Albert's fiancee?  His parents?
11.  Who has arranged for Monte Cristo's house?  Describe it.
12.  How does Monte Cristo treat Fernand?  Does Mercedes recognize Monte Cristo?
13.  How does Bertuccio react when Monte Cristo wants him to go to Auteuil with him?  Why does he react this way?
14.  Why does the garden frighten Bertuccio?
15.  What story does Bertuccio tell to Monte Cristo?

Chapters 25-36
1. Who does Monte Cristo meet at the Villeforts’?
2. What subject to Monte Cristo and Mme. de Villefort discuss?
3. What is the outcome of their discussion?
4. Who objects to the forthcoming marriage of Albert and Eugenie Danglars?
5. Why is Albert going to marry her?
6. Why do Monte Cristo and Albert plan that the Morcerfs will be out of town for the dinner party Monte Cristo is planning?
7. Who does Monte Cristo say he is expecting a visit from the next day?
8. What is the cause of Cavalcanti’s unhappiness?
9. What surprise does Monte Cristo have for Cavalcanti?
10. How does Valentine let Maximilien know why she is delayed in chapter 32?
11. Why does Mme. de Villefort want Valentine to enter a convent instead of getting married?
12. Who is Noirtier’s servant who has been with him for more than twenty-five years?
13. What is Noirtier’s physical condition?
14. Why is Noirtier agitated when M. and Mme. de Villefort tell him that Valentine is to marry Franz?
15. What does Valentine ask of her grandfather?
16. How does Villefort react when he learns the address of Monte Cristo’s house in Auteuil?
17. How does Danglars lose 500,000 francs?
18. What did Monte Cristo have done in his house in Auteuil?
19. How does Monte Cristo make Villefort and Mme. Danglars uncomfortable?
20. How does Caderousse blackmail Andrea?

Chapters 37-41
1.  How does M. Danglars react to Lucien Debray this evening?
2.  How much does Danglars know about his wife's activities?
3.  What impression does Monte Cristo give to Danglars about Cavalcanti?
4.  How does the Count de Morcerf enter into the conversation?
5.  What does Villefort tell Mme. Danglars when she visits him?
6.  What does Villefort propose to do?
7.  What does Monte Cristo tell Albert when Monte Cristo visits him?
8.  What does M. de Villefort do after his wife and daughter go to the ball?
9.  What is Mme. de Saint-Meran's wish?
10.  What does Maximilien propose?
11.  What will Maximilien do if she marries Franz?
12.  Does Valentine change her mind?
13.  When Valentine does not appear for their rendezvous, what does Maximilien do?
14.  Whom does he overhear talking in the garden and about what?
15.  What is the only way Maximilien can get out of the house?
16.  What do Valentine and Maximilien tell Noirtier?
17.  After Valentine leaves, what does Noirtier tell Maximilien?

Chapters 42-55
1.  What does M. de Villefort propose to Franz immediately after the burial?
2.  Why does Noirtier ask to see Franz?
3.  Who does Noirtier reveal as the man who killed Franz's father?
4.  What is Franz's reaction to Noirtier's confession?"
5.  How does Noirtier change his will again?
6.  What is the purpose of the visit of the Count de Morcerf to Baron Danglars?
7.  What is Danglars' decision?
8.  Why does Noirtier send for Maximilien?
9.  Who does the doctor think killed the three victims?
10.  What does Caderousse want?
11.  What else does Caderousse get from Andrea?
12.  How does Monte Cristo learn of the impending robbery?
13.  Does Monte Cristo really think someone wants to rob him?
14.  How does Monte Cristo disguise himself after he recognizes Caderousse?
15.  Who liberated Caderousse from prison?
16.  What does Caderousse do when Abbe Busoni tells him he is going to turn Caderousse and Benedetto in to the police?
17.  What happens to Caderousse after Abbe Busoni lets him leave?
18.  What does Caderousse do before he dies?
19.  What does Abbe Busoni reveal to him just before he dies which causes him to repent?
20.  What does Monte Cristo propose to Albert after it is announced that Andrea, instead of Albert, will  marry Eugenie?
21.  What reaction had the information about Morcerf's betrayal caused in the Chamber?
22.  Faced with Haydee's testimony, how does Morcerf react?
23.  What does his friend Beauchamp advise him to do?
24.  What surprising information does Baron Danglars give them?
25.  What is arranged at the opera that night?
26.  Why does Mercedes  visit Monte Cristo that same night?
27.  Does she know the true identity of Monte Cristo?
28.  What does Monte Cristo promise Mercedes?
29.  Why does Monte Cristo demonstrate his shooting skill to Albert?
30.  What do Albert and his mother decide to do?
31.  How does Monte Cristo react to seeing Haydee again?
32.  How does Morcerf react when he discovers that Monte Cristo is really Edmond Dantes?
33.  Why do Mme. Danglars and Eugenie visit the Villefort's?
34.  To whom does Maximilien go for help?
35.  What has caused Valentine to lose consciousness?