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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. According to Noggle, what is the meaning of a shower of falling stars in the last hour of a night?
(a) A dozen marriages.
(b) A dozen births.
(c) A dozen betrayals.
(d) A dozen deaths.

2. How far away does Tatterfell say the tournament is in the opening of Chapter 2?
(a) One day away.
(b) Four days away.
(c) Two days away.
(d) Six days away.

3. In the first lines of "I'd Love to Be a Fairy's Child," the narrator states, "Children born of fairy stock / Never need for" what (I)?
(a) "Grass or rock."
(b) "Building blocks."
(c) "Shirt or frock."
(d) "Blade or stalk."

4. When does Jude tell Prince Dain she was born in Chapter 10?
(a) 7/7/07.
(b) 11/13/01.
(c) 3/6/00.
(d) 12/1/01.

5. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a complete or impressive collection of things?
(a) Expenditure.
(b) Aria.
(c) Panoply.
(d) Menagerie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described in Chapter 15 as "a pale fungus that blooms with beads of a red liquid that looks uncomfortably like blood" (149)?

2. How old are Jade and Tamryn in the opening of the Prologue?

3. With what did Madoc replace Jude's silver pen that was stolen?

4. Who answers the door when the stranger knocks in the Prologue?

5. What weapon does the stranger use to fight Jude's father in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conflict emerges between Jude and Taryn in Chapter 9?

2. What is revealed of the letter that Jude brings to Prince Dain in Chapter 13?

3. What foreshadowing is seen in Noggle's lesson in Chapter 11?

4. What happened when Jude was ten and she and her sisters ran away?

5. Describe the narrative style of the Prologue to The Cruel Prince. From what perspective is this part of the story related? Why?

6. What are the three pieces of information that Jude introduces to the reader in Chapter 6?

7. What does Jude observe that lends light to the relationship between Prince Cardan and Prince Balekin in Chapter 12?

8. How does Jude perceive Oriana?

9. What is at the heart of the three stories that Jude relates in Chapter 6? Why does she say she does not like these stories?

10. What does the tournament mean to Jude? Why?

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