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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 causes the prisoner to fall during his escape?
(a) He is pushed.
(b) His rope breaks.
(c) He gets frightened.
(d) He slips on the ice.

2. The contents of the note reveal information about which of the following characters?
(a) Anders Peyna.
(b) Flagg.
(c) Ben.
(d) Beson.

3. What saves Peter when he falls during his escape?
(a) The deep snow on the Plaza.
(b) A net hidden in the bushes.
(c) A cart filled with napkins.
(d) A ladder his friends brought.

4. What have the prisoner's friends brought with them to help him escape?
(a) An extra rope.
(b) A net.
(c) A ladder.
(d) A cart.

5. What does Peter spend the majority of his time in prison doing?
(a) Making a rope to faciliate his escape.
(b) Plotting revenge against those who imprisoned him.
(c) Carving a hole in the wall to help him escape.
(d) Staring out a window and wishing for release.

Short Answer Questions

1. What factor most encourages Peter?

2. Why does Peter not need to worry about being discovered as he plans his escape?

3. While waiting for an opportunity to get into the castle, the rescuer has been instructed to do what?

4. Although Peter has already planned his escape, what does Dennis ask him to do?

5. Who will help Thomas achieve his goal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 does Flagg learn about Peter, and how does he learn it?

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

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