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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. How many jokes does the fool learn from his trainer?
(a) 829.
(b) 383.
(c) 2061.
(d) 101.

2. What are Tomjohn's first words?
(a) Lines from a play.
(b) Mama and Daddy.
(c) I am the king.
(d) The alphabet song.

3. What have the townspeople been telling Nanny they want?
(a) A tax refund.
(b) More money.
(c) A king they can trust.
(d) The witches to take over the castle.

4. What does the demon conjured up by the witches say the land wants?
(a) A king that cares for it.
(b) Less water.
(c) More trees.
(d) More water.

5. What are the rumors about that the new king strives to repress?
(a) Regicide.
(b) That he fears witches.
(c) That he was cursed by witches at birth.
(d) Mental illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nanny remove from the castle?

2. Who else preens before a mirror, hoping to achieve a look that is both attractive and more witch-seeming?

3. Who does the king suspect as the cause of the disaster that strikes the castle?

4. What does the ghost king see in the castle's kitchen?

5. Who is happy about the king choosing to torture him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How exactly does Tomjon get his name?

2. Why does the ghost king Verence trap Nanny's cat in the castle?

3. What does Felmet point out to Granny when she suggests he abdicate the throne?

4. How does Felmet feel about his newly won kingdom, and what feeling does he get in return?

5. What obstacles must the Fool and Magrat overcome in order to become a couple?

6. Describe what happens to the chamber door when Magrat casts a spell on it.

7. What convinces Granny to meddle in political affairs?

8. How do the witches acquire a baby?

9. Why does Felmet compulsively wash his hands?

10. To whom do the townspeople turn, and what is their complaint?

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