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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. Lymond plans on using his time at dinner with the King to ______________________.
(a) Convince the King to allow him and O'LiamRoe a long-term stay.
(b) Convince the King that he needs more bodyguards.
(c) Convince the King to make him a Duke.
(d) Convince the King that he should be Queen Mary's chief bodyguard.

2. What city is crowded waiting for the arrival of the King?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rouen.
(c) Marseilles.
(d) Lyons.

3. Why is O'LiamRoe not hurt when his bed catches on fire?
(a) He has not retired for the evening.
(b) He smells the smoke and escapes.
(c) He is staying at a different castle.
(d) He is in the bed of his servant.

4. Thomas Erskine is to make a treaty between Scotland and ______________.
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) England.
(d) Poland.

5. Who visits Thady to discuss Thady's behavior and to learn what Thady had agreed to?
(a) Tom Erskine.
(b) Tom Watson.
(c) Tom Windsor.
(d) Tom Lymond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Robin Stewart?

2. O'LiamRoe is to meet the French King for a game of ______________.

3. What does Thady do to temporarily stop the elephant?

4. Which of the following is NOT something that the Queen Mother wants?

5. What does Robin ask Thady to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does O'LiamRoe get so irritated with Thady after he sees him perform at court and what does O'LiamRoe do to Thady to get his point across?

2. What does this chapter reveal about what is going on behind the scenes of the story?

3. What ulterior motives does Oonagh have when she agrees to beginning a relationship with O'LiamRoe?

4. For whom has Lymond been mistaken and how does this complicate Lymond's life?

5. What does Lymond learn about the cheetah from yesterday's hunt?

6. Who is Jenny Fleming? How is her daughter more like the mother in this relationship?

7. Why does Lymond determine that he must be the bait for whomever is trying to poison Queen Mary?

8. What does Lymond explain to Abernaci about the excitement during the parade?

9. What information does Tom Erskine let slip about the Queen Mother?

10. How does the steeplechase end?

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