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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the one character that people in the kingdom sympathize with and do not immediately consider guilty?
(a) Peter.
(b) Roland.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Flagg.

3. In the note to the Judge-General, Peter makes it seem as though he is doing what?
(a) Simply asking for special treatment.
(b) Simply asking for an early release.
(c) Simply asking for additional comforts.
(d) Simply asking for common courtesies.

4. How is Thomas able to watch another without being noticed?
(a) By taking magic potions.
(b) Through magic mirrors.
(c) Through the eyes of a dragon.
(d) By becoming invisible.

5. The king's adviser suggests that he take the queen's wedding gift away from the one who has found it and is using it. Why does the king not follow this advice?
(a) He realizes it is harmless to allow the gift to be used.
(b) He realizes the gift is broken and useless.
(c) He no longer trusts what anyone says to him.
(d) If he stopped anyone from using it, he would not be able to use it himself.

6. Which of the following is the Warder guarding the prisoners?
(a) Anders Peyna.
(b) Beson.
(c) Niner.
(d) Brandon.

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

8. What is Dragon Sand?
(a) The name of a drink.
(b) The name of a castle.
(c) The name of the kingdom.
(d) The name of a poison.

9. What is used in an aborted plot to kill the queen?
(a) Fermented brandy.
(b) Food laced with arsenic.
(c) A poisoned dart.
(d) Poison from a deadly spider.

10. 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) Everyone knows he has already found Peter guilty.
(d) He is related to the king.

11. Peter is glad for the information, but feels that he must do something about the note. What does he do?
(a) He eats it.
(b) He carefully hides it in a book.
(c) He burns it in the fireplace.
(d) He shreds it and throws the pieces out the window.

12. The character known as Flagg is also known by what other name?
(a) Delain.
(b) Bill Hinch.
(c) The king.
(d) Bill Finch.

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

14. In order to get them to behave, mothers tell their children stories about what character?
(a) Bill Finch.
(b) The king.
(c) Bill Hinch.
(d) Delain.

15. Of what significance is the note that the Judge-General receives from Peter?
(a) It signifies the end of their relationship.
(b) It foreshadows the end of the story.
(c) It foreshadows later events in the story.
(d) It is a letter of guilt, asking forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it important for Peter to follow his mother's instructions?

2. Who is the one person who sees Flagg take the king a glass of wine?

3. Who is the first to help the king when he becomes ill?

4. After the coronation, which of these characters is concerned about the future?

5. What is it that Thomas feels guilty about, but is not responsible for?

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