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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Tom afraid to leave the prince's room?
(a) He might be discovered and punished.
(b) He might run into someone who knows the prince.
(c) He was told by Edward not to leave.
(d) He might get lost in the palace.

2. What does the person whom the narrator quotes describe?
(a) A battle between England and France.
(b) A duel between two members of royalty.
(c) The burning of Joan of Arc.
(d) The gorgeous banquet room, the food, and royalty in attendance.

3. What keeps Edward warm on his first night alone in the barn?
(a) A flock of chickens.
(b) A horse.
(c) A calf.
(d) A dog.

4. What does Miles find when he returns to the tavern room?
(a) Edward is still taking a bath.
(b) Edward is gone.
(c) Edward is still eating.
(d) Edward is still at the stables.

5. Where does Edward take Tom when he rescues him from the palace guards?
(a) To his father.
(b) To an apartment in the palace.
(c) To the jail.
(d) To the guard house.

6. Why doesn't anyone react when Tom eats with his fingers?
(a) They have been told he is temporarily insane.
(b) Edward does that occasionally.
(c) The king eats with his hands.
(d) There are no utensils on the table.

7. Who sees Tom to help him recover from his madness?
(a) The court alchemist.
(b) The court priest, Father Nathaniel.
(c) Lady Jane Grey.
(d) Lord St. John and Lord Hertford.

8. What does Tom's grandmother help John do?
(a) Hold Edward in the corner.
(b) Beat Edward.
(c) Make Edward clean the floor.
(d) Question Tom.

9. What does Mrs. Canty think about Edward?
(a) There is something different about him.
(b) He is drunk.
(c) He must have been hit on the head.
(d) He is telling the truth.

10. How far apart are Tom and Edward's birthdays?
(a) They are born a year apart.
(b) They are born a day apart.
(c) They are born a week apart.
(d) They are born on the same day.

11. In what language is Tom first questioned by Edward's father?
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Latin.
(d) German.

12. What does Tom do when Jane Grey enters the room?
(a) Faints.
(b) Falls at her feet.
(c) Crawls under the bed.
(d) Hides behind the curtains.

13. Why do the boys at the church beat Edward?
(a) For telling the priest they were swearing.
(b) For taking their lunch.
(c) For claiming to be the prince.
(d) For saying he will have them hung for insolence.

14. What makes Hertford happy when he sees Tom after Tom talks to Humphrey?
(a) Tom is in a good mood.
(b) The prince is going to make a good king.
(c) Tom has some color in his cheeks.
(d) The prince's memory has improved.

15. What does Hertford ask Tom in Chapter 14?
(a) What he wants for dinner.
(b) Where the great seal is located.
(c) If he wants to dine with Lady Jane that night.
(d) If he has seen the tailor for his coronation robes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man at the Canty's door yell to John?

2. How does Tom feel about his discovery in Chapter 14?

3. In what ceremony does Tom have to participate in Chapter 9?

4. Where does the royal barge stop on the Thames?

5. How does Edward escape?

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