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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 is the result of many of the actions in this part of the story?
(a) Greater suspense for the reader.
(b) More motives are revealed to the reader.
(c) The reader detects a greater use of irony.
(d) More answers are revealed to the reader.

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

3. What does Dennis use to gain access to the castle?
(a) A laundry chute.
(b) A sewer pipe.
(c) A coal chute.
(d) A drain pipe.

4. Which recurring theme ends in this story when Peter and Thomas reunite?
(a) Sibling rivalry.
(b) Parental neglect.
(c) Man against nature.
(d) Good versus evil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Thomas realizes where he is, what is his reaction?

2. What is Flagg's intention when he breaks into the king's rooms?

3. Which of the following do many of the characters have in common?

4. Which king's daughter becomes queen?

5. What does Peter spend the majority of his time in prison doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads Dennis to find the note Peter threw?

2. What happens to the five friends at the end of the story? Is this a surprise ending?

3. How is the suspense maintained in this episode involving Peter's escape?

4. Which room are all of the characters in this part of the story heading for, and where is Thomas?

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

6. How does The Eyes of the Dragon end, and why is this significant?

7. What circumstances cause Peter to reconsider and move up the time for his escape?

8. What does the reader know that Dennis does not know to be the reason there are no rats in the sewer pipe?

9. What secret does Dennis reveal to Ben and Naomi?

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

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