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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. Only vaguely was Beauty aware of the ____________ being jerked by the Captain as she was sleeping.
(a) Knife.
(b) Bell chain.
(c) Belt.
(d) Rope.

2. After the beating, who does Tristan kneel before and hear the command for him to follow to the road along the ramparts.
(a) Whipping boy.
(b) Mistress.
(c) Master.
(d) Beauty.

3. What color was the belt that Mistress Lockley had in her hand when she was disciplining Beauty?
(a) White.
(b) Green
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

4. The words that Jerard shares with Tristan unnerve him, but at the same time, he realizes that he also ____________ what he is saying.
(a) Likes.
(b) Hates.
(c) Deplores.
(d) Understands.

5. What is Nicolas going to allow Tristan to do in order to make him happy?
(a) Go to the court.
(b) Run away.
(c) See Beauty.
(d) Return home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tristan see hanging of the wall when he enters the inn with Nicolas during this section of the book?

2. Who is the runaway that Beauty tells Tristan about, though she seems to want to be captured in the same way?

3. Prince Richard allowed Beauty to _________ a little slowly, though he eventually told her to perk up lest they be whipped.

4. Tristan says that one has to __________ his Master or Mistress, but he did not feel this way about Stefan.

5. What was the food that was waiting for the slaves in the trough when they arrived back at the stables?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the secret that Nicolas reveals to Tristan as they are sitting on a hillside during their trip in the countryside?

2. What does Nicolas do as he passes Tristan in the courtyard, though none of the other slaves seems to notice?

3. What does Tristan have to do, according to Nicolas, before he can go to see Beauty?

4. Why can't the slaves and other people get into the buildings of the village as the chaos breaks out?

5. Why is Beauty jealous when the Mistress is amusing herself with all of the slaves in the grass?

6. What does Tristan admit to himself about the falling out he had with his previous Master, Lord Stefan?

7. What is happening to Tristan as he is instructed to wash each of the slave's genitals with his tongue?

8. What does the tightness of the harness do to Tristan as he is prepared for the daily activities?

9. What does Tristan realize when Nicolas is sleeping after their conversation together?

10. What does the Mistress Lockley want Tristan to do and she pays ten pence so that it can happen?

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