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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. Peter reveals that he has a plan of escape. What is he afraid of?
(a) Not having the courage to follow through with the plan.
(b) Getting caught before he can initiate the plan.
(c) Falling to his death.
(d) Failing to have made adequate plans.

2. What evidence does Peter have to confront Flagg with?
(a) Valera's locket.
(b) Niner's eye.
(c) The king's hammer.
(d) Roland's arrow.

3. Peter finds some loose stones in the floor and decides that the space beneath will be a good hiding place. What does he find in this hiding space?
(a) A bracelet and a note.
(b) A locket and a note.
(c) The confession of an earlier prisoner.
(d) Directions for planning an escape.

4. What position does Dennis now hold?
(a) The king's best friend.
(b) The king's butler.
(c) The head guard.
(d) The king's magician.

5. Which of the following characters is standing unnoticed in the room?
(a) Ben.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Roland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these characters is not attempting to help Peter?

2. How do Peter and his friends get through the West Gate?

3. Which king's daughter becomes queen?

4. Which of the following reveals that someone has been seen in the secret room?

5. What is the significance of the bare cobblestones in the plaza?

Short Essay Questions

1. Thomas has been sleepwalking. Where does he wake up and what is his reaction?

2. What is suggested by the fact that Peter is allowed back into the castle when he and his friends are stopped by the guard?

3. Peter had been very careful about his use of the napkins. Why is this not necessary?

4. How is suspense built into the story as Peter's friends reach the castle and Peter begins his escape?

5. What happens during the encounter between Peter, Thomas, and Flagg in the king's sitting room?

6. What is ironic about the encounter between Flagg and Thomas?

7. What is one thing the rescuers and Peter have in common, and what does it foreshadow?

8. What does the reader learn about Peyna from Dennis' visit to Peyna's house?

9. Why does Thomas find it necessary to drink himself to sleep, and why is this potentially dangerous?

10. How do Ben and Naomi begin to figure out how Dennis got into the castle?

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