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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prompts everyone in the kingdom to go to bed early one night?
(a) It got dark earlier than usual.
(b) Everyone had worked hard all day.
(c) Heavy rain made it impossible to do anything else.
(d) They are exhausted by the excitement of the storm.

2. What happens as the rescuers approach the castle?
(a) One of them falls through the ice.
(b) One of them sprains an ankle.
(c) One of them bumps into a guard.
(d) One of them falls into the moat.

3. How does Peter communicate with his accomplice?
(a) By putting a note in a locket.
(b) By wrapping a note around his knife.
(c) By wrapping a note around a stone.
(d) By putting a note in his shoe.

4. What does this unnoticed character reveal?
(a) That he is the rightful king.
(b) That he knows the truth.
(c) That he is ready to kill all intruders.
(d) That he has killed the king.

5. When the reader learns that Thomas has a need to drink himself to sleep, what might the reader might also infer?
(a) That Thomas will have a breakdown.
(b) That Thomas is guilty of murder.
(c) That Thomas will reveal his secret.
(d) That Thomas is worried about what is to happen.

6. Which of the following do many of the characters have in common?
(a) They are having nightmares.
(b) They suspect one another of commiting crimes.
(c) They feel they are being watched.
(d) They are concerned about the approaching storm.

7. Peter is deathly ill several times during his stay. What happens to him during one of these illnesses?
(a) He sees his father and is assured he will have justice one day.
(b) He sees his brother and is convinced he was framed.
(c) He sees himself as an old man.
(d) He sees an apparition that warns him not to trust anyone.

8. Who will help Thomas achieve his goal?
(a) Ben.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Peter.
(d) Naomi.

9. What is the significance of the bare cobblestones in the plaza?
(a) They reflect motion, which would alert the guards.
(b) They are an omen of bad luck.
(c) The rescuers could be heard approaching the castle.
(d) The prisoner could hurt himself if he falls.

10. What is Peter looking for in his father's rooms?
(a) Flagg.
(b) Foe-Hammer.
(c) Dragon Sand.
(d) Niner.

11. Which of these characters is approaching Peter from inside the castle?
(a) Ben.
(b) Naomi.
(c) Flagg.
(d) Dennis.

12. How does he get to this room?
(a) He was led here by a ghost.
(b) He innocently wndered into the wrong room.
(c) He always sleeps here.
(d) By sleepwalking.

13. Where are the prisoner and his friends headed when they get past the guards?
(a) To the prisoner's former home.
(b) To the stable to get fresh horses.
(c) To the king's apartments in the castle.
(d) To find the man who caused the king's death.

14. When will it be safe for Flagg to return to Delain?
(a) In a few months.
(b) When he is dying and has no place to go.
(c) In five years.
(d) Never.

15. What is the prisoner using to help him escape?
(a) A rope made of animal hair.
(b) A rope made from rug fibers.
(c) A rope made of napkin threads.
(d) A rope made from his own hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Peter react when he hears someone coming?

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

3. Which one of the following themes is revealed in this episode?

4. What is the result of many of the actions in this part of the story?

5. What feeling is the reader left with at the end of this story?

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