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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why won't Tom use his napkin?
(a) He does not know how to use it.
(b) He uses the tablecloth.
(c) It falls on the floor.
(d) It is too pretty to soil.

3. What happens in Tom's dream about a dwarf?
(a) The dwarf tells him he will be king for a long time.
(b) The dwarf tells him he will be executed.
(c) The dwarf shows him where to dig for new pennies.
(d) The dwarf tells him where his mother is staying.

4. Why does Lord Hertford think Tom must be a prince?
(a) An impostor would never claim to be an impostor.
(b) No one could have gotten into the palace.
(c) A street boy would never understand Latin.
(d) Lord Hertford's sister convinces him that Tom is a prince.

5. What is Offal Court like?
(a) Dirty and cramped.
(b) Spacious and clean.
(c) Spacious and dirty.
(d) Old and decaying.

6. What does John Canty do when the prince struggles against him?
(a) Tries to kick him in the shin.
(b) Tries to tweak his ear.
(c) Tries to knock him to the ground.
(d) Tries to hit him with his club.

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

8. While he is the prince, with whom is Tom to have dinner?
(a) The Bishop.
(b) The king's advisors.
(c) The Merchants' Council.
(d) The Fathers of the City.

9. Who has approved the situation with the Duke of Norfolk?
(a) The full Parliament.
(b) The King's Council.
(c) The prince.
(d) The House of Lords.

10. What clothes does Tom wear for the ceremony in question #53?
(a) Seal fur and silk.
(b) White satin.
(c) Black leather pants and shirt.
(d) A red silk jacket.

11. What does Edward say to Mrs. Canty?
(a) She can clean the floor herself.
(b) He must leave.
(c) Tom is at the palace.
(d) He does not recognize her.

12. What does Jane Grey's visit to Edward's room accomplish?
(a) Convinces Tom that his scheme will work.
(b) Gets Tom into serious trouble.
(c) Starts a rumor that he is crazy.
(d) Makes Tom hide from everyone.

13. What had Tom worried about previously?
(a) If his features would closely resemble those of the prince.
(b) If his tutor would expose him.
(c) If his mother would reveal the truth.
(d) The prospect of dining in public.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During what time in history does this story take place?

2. What does the king tell Hertford to use for signing orders?

3. What does Tom's father do for a living?

4. What does Edward observe when he wakes in a barn?

5. Whom is Tom commanded to visit?

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