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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thady ask of the King in exchange for his performance at the dinner?
(a) A courtier position.
(b) More time in France.
(c) A dukedom.
(d) Safe passage back to Scotland.

2. What spooks the elephants in the parade?
(a) A whistle.
(b) A plaster whale.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) A bell.

3. Lymond learns that Queen Mary's room is never guarded _________________________.
(a) When the Queen Mother is visiting.
(b) When the King comes to visit Jenny.
(c) During the Summer months.
(d) Before midnight.

4. Why does the Queen Mother want the Earl removed from the Governorship of Scotland?
(a) She wants the position.
(b) She has learned that he swindled tax money.
(c) She thinks he is too old to do the job properly anymore.
(d) She wants her son to have the position.

5. Where is the French court headed for Christmas?
(a) Burgundy.
(b) Provence.
(c) Aquitaine.
(d) Loire.

6. What is Thady kept busy doing as the court travels to its winter quarters?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Entertaining.
(c) Grooming the horses.
(d) Feeding the chickens.

7. Jenny Fleming has come to view a plaster ________________.
(a) Bear.
(b) Castle.
(c) Whale.
(d) Dolphin.

8. Who asks Oonagh if she loves him?
(a) O'LiamRoe.
(b) Lymond.
(c) Robin Stewart.
(d) Sir George.

9. Lymond wants to know if it is he or ______________ who Pierre is trying to kill.
(a) O'LiamRoe.
(b) The King.
(c) The Dowager Queen.
(d) Queen Mary.

10. Which person does Sir George name as a possible assassin?
(a) Queen Marie.
(b) Queen Charlotte.
(c) Queen Catherine.
(d) Queen Louisa.

11. Lymond works for himself because _______________________.
(a) He believes that he should not play any role in Queen Mary's protection.
(b) He can take more risks.
(c) He can think independently.
(d) He can make more money.

12. What spooks the horses in the parade?
(a) Thunder.
(b) Screams.
(c) Firecrackers.
(d) Gunshots.

13. What does Sir George Douglas do during a tour of the castle?
(a) Insists on drinking too much ale.
(b) Refuses to bow to the King.
(c) Slams his hand down on Thady's hand.
(d) Falls down a flight of stairs.

14. What clue is left behind regarding one of the arsonists?
(a) A packet of tobacco.
(b) A feather from a hat.
(c) A wick and oil.
(d) A heel-less shoe print in the mud.

15. Sir George thinks that the would-be assassin is a member of ___________________.
(a) The British monarchy.
(b) The Scottish guard.
(c) An underground group.
(d) The French court.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joins Thady in the rooftop race?

2. Who are the last two people awake after the party ends?

3. Why does Oonagh agree to start a relationship with a certain man?

4. What does Robin ask Thady to do?

5. Who visits Thady to discuss Thady's behavior and to learn what Thady had agreed to?

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