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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What troubles Henry VIII while he sleeps?
(a) The smell of incense.
(b) Pain in his stomach.
(c) Bad dreams.
(d) A fly in the room.

2. How does Hertford react to St. John thinking that Tom is an impostor?
(a) He says it's treason.
(b) He says it's silly.
(c) He says it's possible.
(d) He says it's political.

3. What does Miles do when he wakes in the morning?
(a) Wakes Edward and tells him to take a bath.
(b) Measures Edward.
(c) Takes Edward to the stables.
(d) Goes to eat breakfast.

4. Where does the royal barge stop on the Thames?
(a) No where.
(b) At the palace.
(c) At St. Christopher's Church.
(d) Barge Yard.

5. What does Tom think about his life?
(a) He thinks it's exciting.
(b) He thinks it's horrible.
(c) It's all right because he doesn't know anything else.
(d) He is indifferent to his life.

6. During what time in history does this story take place?
(a) In 1748.
(b) In 1627.
(c) The middle 1500's.
(d) The end of the 1600's.

7. How does Tom feel about Lady Jane and Lady Elizabeth?
(a) He thinks they are silly.
(b) He avoids talking to them.
(c) He warms to them as they are kind.
(d) He is afraid of them.

8. What does a servant from the inn tell Miles?
(a) A youth has led Edward away.
(b) Edward won't get out of the bathtub.
(c) Edward is in the kitchen eating.
(d) Edward is feeding the horses.

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

10. How do a group of outcasts treat Edward when he says he is the King of England?
(a) They decide to kill him for treason.
(b) They all kneel respectfully at his feet.
(c) They decide to ransom him.
(d) They crown him with a tin basin and robe him in a blanket.

11. What has Yokel been forced to do?
(a) Steal.
(b) Kill.
(c) Leave his wife and children.
(d) Change his name.

12. 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.

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

14. What is Tom doing while the prince has gone to talk to the guards?
(a) Looking for money to steal.
(b) Sleeping on the prince's bed.
(c) Admiring himself in the prince's clothes.
(d) Eating as much food as he can find.

15. What does Tom begin to wonder while waiting for the prince?
(a) How the prince can live like that when so many people starve.
(b) If he can have more food sent to the room.
(c) Where Edward's money is hidden.
(d) Why the prince is gone so long.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Tom resign himself for dinner?

2. What does Hertford ask Tom in Chapter 14?

3. Where does Miles look for Edward?

4. What does Edward say to Mrs. Canty?

5. Of what does the prince dream when he sleeps that night?

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