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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. What does the Judge-General do with the note when he receives it?
(a) He tears it up and puts it in the fire.
(b) He decides to read it.
(c) He puts it in a drawer to read later.
(d) He throws it in the fire.

2. When the king becomes ill, which of the following is a symptom?
(a) Foaming at the mouth.
(b) Smoking from the ears.
(c) Smoking at the mouth.
(d) Smoking from the eyes.

3. What is foreshadowed by the aborted murder attempt?
(a) One character's intention to gain control of the kingdom.
(b) One character's ability to get away with murder.
(c) A much larger plot to kill all of the royalty.
(d) The general dislike of the queen by everyone in the kingdom.

4. Why is it important for Peter to follow his mother's instructions?
(a) It will help him seem less barbaric.
(b) It will prove he loves her.
(c) It will please his father.
(d) It will give him greater strength.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used as evidence in finding Peter guilty?

2. 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?

3. Peter turns to the very person who put him in prison to ask for help. What literary device is this?

4. Which of the following is a habit the king enjoys every evening?

5. What makes Dragon Sand so dangerous?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thomas do to attempt to win his father's favor?

2. What character traits are revealed in Peter through the incident with the horse?

3. Under what conditions does Peter agree to set aside his crown and face the trial?

4. Why does Peyna finally agree to see Beson and to read Peter's note?

5. How does Flagg keep people from suspecting that he had anything to do with Roland's death?

6. Why is it important to know that Peter likes to play with his mother's dollhouse?

7. Who is more popular with the people, Roland or Sasha? Why?

8. Why is Roland not concerned that his son wants to play with a dollhouse?

9. Describe Thomas as a young boy and tell what makes him feel as he does.

10. Why does it seem atypical that as a prisoner Peter would refuse to eat and just spend his time looking out the window?

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