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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is revealed to Thomas that satisfies his urge to know more?
(a) Magic potions.
(b) Magic mirrors.
(c) Secret hiding places.
(d) Secret passages to the outside.

2. What one action causes many rumors to begin circulating through the kingdom?
(a) No one is allowed to view the king.
(b) Plans for the coronation are rushed to conclusion.
(c) The royal guard puts on battle dress.
(d) Smoke begins rising from the towers.

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

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

5. After Thomas has been crowned, a soldier shows up at Ben's house and orders him to go to the Judge-General's home. What is Ben's reaction?
(a) He goes reluctantly, not knowing what he might be walking into.
(b) He refuses to go, stating he is afraid for his family.
(c) He goes willingly, willing to do anything to save his friend.
(d) He says he will go when he has proof his friend is alive.

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

7. How does the author add to the suspense about Peter's plans?
(a) He has the character make up several sets of plans.
(b) He does not tell the reader what things the prisoner demands.
(c) He reveals everything the prisoner is thinking.
(d) He tells the reader only a little of what the prisoner is up to.

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

9. When the court magician is asked to identify the murder weapon, he takes great pains to show its strength. What does he do to prove how deadly it is?
(a) He proves that anyone but a magician must handle it with thick gloves and full body armor.
(b) He throws it on the floor and a fire immediately erupts.
(c) He shows that it can pierce the thickest armor in less than a second.
(d) He shows that it can eat through the hardest rock.

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

11. Which of the following enjoys spying on the king?
(a) Flagg.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Roland.
(d) Peter.

12. Thomas becomes gravely ill and awakens to learn what about himself?
(a) He has become king.
(b) He has been banished from the kingdom.
(c) He is a murderer.
(d) He has slept for an entire year.

13. Which of the following is a habit the king enjoys every evening?
(a) Drinking a glass of wine.
(b) Reading a story to his sons.
(c) Riding his favorite horse.
(d) Taking a walk in the garden.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter sends a note to the Judge-General requesting two things. What are they?

2. After reading Peter's request, the Judge-General agrees. Which of the following best describes his reaction?

3. How does Peter meet his best friend?

4. What is Ben's reaction when the Judge-General offers him money?

5. Which of the following is an ironic twist in this story?

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