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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. Why is this person killed?
(a) For helping the prisoner.
(b) For being in the way.
(c) For not telling the truth.
(d) For being too slow.

2. How does he get to this room?
(a) He was led here by a ghost.
(b) By sleepwalking.
(c) He innocently wndered into the wrong room.
(d) He always sleeps here.

3. While waiting for an opportunity to get into the castle, the rescuer has been instructed to do what?
(a) Plan his moves.
(b) Write a note.
(c) Reserve his strength.
(d) Make a map of the castle.

4. How does Flagg learn of the planned escape?
(a) By reading tea leaves.
(b) By overhearing a conversation.
(c) By seeing the rescuers sneaking into the castle.
(d) By using a crystal ball.

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 prompts everyone in the kingdom to go to bed early one night?

2. On the night of the escape, a tower falls. Where is the tower?

3. What saves Peter when he falls during his escape?

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

5. Which of the following themes is revealed in Thomas' actions?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is it important to the story that there is no snow on the courtyard below where Peter is imprisoned?

7. What happens to thwart Flagg's plan to get away with murder?

8. What does Peter find as he is trying to hide his rope, and why is it significant?

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

10. What happens to the Lesser Warder?

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