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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What information does Lymond reveal to Abernaci?
(a) The King wants the parade to be run again tomorrow.
(b) The excitement during the parade was an assassination attempt.
(c) The King no longer wants elephants in parades.
(d) The elephants are to be shot and disposed of.

2. Which two men save each other periodically while on the race?
(a) Thady and Robin.
(b) Robin and O'LiamRoe.
(c) Thady and O'LiamRoe.
(d) Sir George and Robin.

3. How does Robin Stewart think that Thady should feel about his evening with the King?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Happy.
(c) Victorious.
(d) Frightened.

4. What is at the beginning of Part One: The Vulgar Lyre: The Fork is Chosen?
(a) A prayer.
(b) A poem.
(c) A sonnet.
(d) A riddle.

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

6. Mary de Guise's daughter is betrothed to marry the heir to the _______________ throne.
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) Scottish.

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

8. Who is Master Thady Boy Ballagh?
(a) A chef.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A poet and singer.
(d) A stable boy.

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

10. What happens to Thady during dinner with the King?
(a) He is knighted.
(b) He passes out drunk.
(c) He is escorted out for insubordination.
(d) He becomes the center of attention.

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

12. Who is Robin Stewart?
(a) An Irish troubador.
(b) An English prince.
(c) A Scottish archer.
(d) A French knight.

13. The riddle before Part Two in the book is about __________________.
(a) Juggling.
(b) Coronations.
(c) Death.
(d) Fire.

14. Who joins Thady in the rooftop race?
(a) Piedar Dooley.
(b) Robin Stewart.
(c) Lord Lynley.
(d) Sir George.

15. Who is the daughter of Mary de Guise?
(a) Sophia Queen of Germany.
(b) Charlotte Queen of France.
(c) Elizabeth Queen of England.
(d) Mary Queen of Scots.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is learned from Tom that the Queen Mother wants King Henry's help in ousting the ___________________ from the governorship of Scotland.

2. Lymond talks to Abernaci about the ________________ he has for the elephants.

3. Who is the father of Jenny's unborn child?

4. What is the name of the Dowager Queen?

5. Sir George wants Lymond to help him acquire the position of ________________.

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