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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter use for ink when responding to Dennis?
(a) Vegetable juice.
(b) Lemon juice.
(c) His own blood.
(d) Beet juice.

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

3. Which of the following assumes his rightful role as king?
(a) Peter.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Flagg.
(d) Dennis.

4. Which of the following characters get married?
(a) Dennis and Naomi.
(b) Thomas and Naomi.
(c) Peter and Naomi.
(d) Ben and Naomi.

5. What is Thomas' goal at the end of the story?
(a) To support his brother.
(b) To leave the kingdom and never return.
(c) To make amends for all he has done.
(d) To hunt Flagg and kill him.

6. How does Flagg learn of the planned escape?
(a) By seeing the rescuers sneaking into the castle.
(b) By using a crystal ball.
(c) By reading tea leaves.
(d) By overhearing a conversation.

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

8. What happens when the character is hit by the arrow?
(a) He screams and turns into dust.
(b) He screams and tries to remove the arrow.
(c) He screams and falls on the floor.
(d) He screams and disappears.

9. Who does Peter find in his father's rooms?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His accuser.

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

11. What is the prisoner hoping to find when he reaches his destination?
(a) His father's bow.
(b) Reinforcements.
(c) His father's arrow.
(d) A cache of hidden weapons.

12. How do Peter and his friends get through the West Gate?
(a) The prisoner convinces the guard he is the rightful king.
(b) The friends distract the guards and slip through one at a time.
(c) They reveal their weapons and the guards let them pass.
(d) The prisoner uses magic to blind the guards.

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

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

15. What feeling is the reader left with at the end of this story?
(a) Everyone lived happily ever after.
(b) Friends are more important than family.
(c) Being right is more important than being strong.
(d) You can never trust anyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Peter looking for in his father's rooms?

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

3. What causes the prisoner to fall during his escape?

4. The Judge-General invites Dennis to stay with him and provides room for him where?

5. When the reader learns that Thomas has a need to drink himself to sleep, what might the reader might also infer?

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