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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. Which of the following characters is coming back into the story to help the prisoner with his escape?
(a) Peter.
(b) Peyna.
(c) Dennis.
(d) Ben.

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

3. How long does Peter spend in prison?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Five months.
(d) Ten years.

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

5. 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 himself as an old man.
(c) He sees his brother and is convinced he was framed.
(d) He sees an apparition that warns him not to trust anyone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What position does Dennis now hold?

3. Who is the most unlikely person to help the prisoner escape?

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

5. When the Judge-General sends Dennis back to the castle, what warning does he give?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Peter reveal in his note to Dennis?

6. What is Flagg's reaction when Peter accuses him of murder?

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

8. What is revealed by Dennis and Peyna's plan to help Peter?

9. Dennis sends Peter a note and asks for a response. Since Peter has no paper and nothing to write with, how does he respond to Dennis' request?

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

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