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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Thomas react after the coronation?
(a) He is at first uncomfortable, but begins to enjoy it.
(b) He fights being king, but accepts it anyway.
(c) He knows from the beginning that he is meant to be king.
(d) He agrees to be king, but in name only.

2. What reaction does Peter have when the first of the items he requested is delivered?
(a) He smiles for the first time in weeks.
(b) He flies into a rage.
(c) He cries.
(d) He politely says "Thank you."

3. How does Flagg deflect suspicion?
(a) By staying constantly at the king's side.
(b) By volunteering to be searched.
(c) By organizing a search for the guilty party.
(d) By weeping uncontrollably.

4. Which of the following best describes Thomas?
(a) Short and bowlegged.
(b) Tall and handsome.
(c) Tall and bowlegged.
(d) Short and stocky.

5. What literary technique is used to reveal what happens when the evidence is found?
(a) Fortune telling.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Future events.
(d) Flashback.

6. Which of the following is a prominent theme in this story?
(a) Guilt and shame.
(b) Peace and happiness.
(c) Pride and dishonesty.
(d) Fear and neglect.

7. Why are many people surprised at Peter's new friendship?
(a) He and his friend are from different stations in life.
(b) He and his friend do not speak the same language.
(c) There is a great age difference between Peter and his friend.
(d) He and his friend are from different countries.

8. What makes Dragon Sand so dangerous?
(a) It is highly explosive.
(b) He is wild and untamed.
(c) Its walls are crumbling into ruin.
(d) It is lethal to breathe it.

9. Peter sends a note to the Judge-General requesting two things. What are they?
(a) A glass of wine with every meal and his mother's photograph.
(b) A glass of wine with every meal and his mother's dollhouse.
(c) A napkin with every meal and his mother's photograph.
(d) A napkin with every meal and his mother's dollhouse.

10. What does Peter do as a young boy that proves he is kindhearted?
(a) He saves a horse with a broken leg.
(b) He saves the groom from a runaway horse.
(c) He saves a dog with a broken leg.
(d) He saves a bird with a broken wing.

11. What causes the king's death?
(a) He chokes on a morsel of food.
(b) He is stabbed as he walks in the garden.
(c) A fall from his horse.
(d) A poisoned glass of wine.

12. Why is the Judge-General not allowed to preside over the trial?
(a) He will be acting monarch for the duration of the trial.
(b) He is not a citizen of the kingdom.
(c) He is related to the king.
(d) Everyone knows he has already found Peter guilty.

13. Peter knows who murdered the king and that there is only one way to prove this. What is it?
(a) He must demand a retrial.
(b) He must wait out his sentence and appeal to the people.
(c) He must summon his friends and enlist their help.
(d) He must escape.

14. What is one thing even the best magicians cannot do?
(a) Make themselves live forever.
(b) Make themselves invincible.
(c) Make themselves come back to life.
(d) Make themselves invisible.

15. Which character is most pleased about the king's illness and death?
(a) Flagg.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Peter.
(d) Roland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the king give his wife on their wedding day?

2. Why is the attempt on the queen's life aborted?

3. What does Thomas do to win his father's approval?

4. Who is the antagonist in The Eyes of the Dragon?

5. Thomas becomes gravely ill and awakens to learn what about himself?

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