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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Prince Balekin's home?

2. Who is said to be bleeding as Jude and her sisters flee the mall in Chapter 8?

3. What does Valerian claim will drown Jude and Taryn in the river in Chapter 7?

4. For how long does Jude say she has been in Faerie in Chapter 2?

5. Who is beaten in Prince Balekin's home in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mission does Jude set out to accomplish for Prince Dain in Chapter 12? Where does she go?

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

3. Why does Jude eat the faerie fruit in Chapter 11? What effect does it have?

4. What is the importance of the information related in Chapter 1?

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

6. What is one example of foreshadowing in Chapter 9 and what does it foretell?

7. How is Prince Cardan's character introduced in Chapter 3? What does the reader learn about Cardan?

8. Where do Jude, Taryn, and Vivi go in Chapter 8? How do they travel there?

9. How is Jude's character established in Chapter 2? What information does the reader learn about Jude?

10. How are the humans that Jude encounters in Chapter 12 described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and discuss three examples of imagery in the novel. How does the author employ similes and metaphors? What are they used to describe? How is onomatopoeia used and why?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Prince Balekin in The Cruel Prince. What are Balekin's motivations? What are his actions in the story? What role does Prince Balekin play in the novel's plot?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of magic in The Cruel Prince. What does magic represent in this novel? How is magic associated with power in the land of Faerie? Who holds the powers of magic?

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