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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is so shocking about what Peter finds?
(a) It was hidden there by his own father.
(b) It gives instructions for escape.
(c) It is more than four hundred years old.
(d) It proves his own innocence.

2. Peter reveals that he has a plan of escape. What is he afraid of?
(a) Failing to have made adequate plans.
(b) Not having the courage to follow through with the plan.
(c) Falling to his death.
(d) Getting caught before he can initiate the plan.

3. Which of the following characters is most likely to be the greatest help in getting to the prisoner?
(a) Frisky.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Ben.
(d) Naomi.

4. How are the rescuers hidden from the guards?
(a) By darkness.
(b) By falling snow.
(c) By hiding in the trees.
(d) By heavy rain.

5. What have the prisoner's friends brought with them to help him escape?
(a) A net.
(b) An extra rope.
(c) A cart.
(d) A ladder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has become of the Judge-General?

2. What does Peter use for ink when responding to Dennis?

3. What is the author suggesting by revealing Thomas' thoughts and actions?

4. Who will help Thomas achieve his goal?

5. What is the prisoner using to help him escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. Peter had been very careful about his use of the napkins. Why is this not necessary?

2. Thomas has been sleepwalking. Where does he wake up and what is his reaction?

3. What circumstances cause Peter to reconsider and move up the time for his escape?

4. What is Flagg's reaction when Peter accuses him of murder?

5. What does Peter find as he is trying to hide his rope, and why is it significant?

6. How do Ben and Naomi begin to figure out how Dennis got into the castle?

7. List three things that happen while Peter is imprisoned.

8. How is the suspense maintained in this episode involving Peter's escape?

9. What does the reader learn about Peyna from Dennis' visit to Peyna's house?

10. How is suspense built into the story as Peter's friends reach the castle and Peter begins his escape?

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