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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Edward meet in the barn?
(a) Miles.
(b) A young boy about Edward's age.
(c) The farmer's wife.
(d) Two nice girls.

2. What punishment does Miles receive at the trial?
(a) To be exiled.
(b) To sit in the pillory for two hours.
(c) To go to prison for a year and a day.
(d) To formally recognize Hugh.

3. What makes the farmer's wife think Edward must have been a helper in the king's kitchen?
(a) He understands spices.
(b) He peels the potatoes rapidly.
(c) He can cook an egg to perfection.
(d) He talks so eloquently about fine food.

4. Who is Arthur?
(a) Edith's brother.
(b) Miles' youngest brother.
(c) Miles' older brother.
(d) Mary's brother.

5. What is sleeping with Edward in the barn when he wakes?
(a) An opossum.
(b) A cat.
(c) A rat.
(d) Nothing.

6. Why is Edward liked by his traveling companions?
(a) For his wit.
(b) For the fact that he has not turned them in.
(c) For the potential of ransom money.
(d) For his pluck.

7. What does Edward decide to write?
(a) A letter in Latin, Greek, and English.
(b) A letter in the Royal code.
(c) A letter in French and English.
(d) A poem about Miles' plight.

8. What does Edward do after the lashing?
(a) Asks Miles to go with him to London.
(b) Dubs Hugh an Earl.
(c) Tells Hugh he will be hanged.
(d) Dubs Miles an Earl.

9. What does the constable force the woman to do?
(a) Sell him the pig for the lower price.
(b) Give him two of the ten gold coins.
(c) Give him the sapphire.
(d) Give him the ring.

10. What does Edward say about Miles?
(a) Miles is a fiend.
(b) Miles is impersonating a noble.
(c) Edward had made Miles a knight and Earl.
(d) Edward does not know Miles.

11. What test does Hertford give Edward?
(a) Asks him a question in Latin, then in Greek.
(b) Asks him a question about court etiquette.
(c) Asks him a question in Latin.
(d) Asks him where the great seal can be found.

12. Who is Sir Marlow to the whipping boy?
(a) No relation.
(b) Brother.
(c) Father.
(d) Cousin.

13. Who arrives just as Edward throws down a bundle Hugo has stolen?
(a) The magister.
(b) The king's guard.
(c) A monk.
(d) Miles.

14. Who flees overseas?
(a) Miles.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Tom Canty's father.
(d) Toffler.

15. What is used to announce that the new king is near Westminster Abbey?
(a) Drums.
(b) Artillery.
(c) Music.
(d) Cheers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom's mother knows who he is because ____________.

2. Who is arriving at the farm as Edward is leaving?

3. Who sees Miles outside the palace?

4. What emits smoke and fireworks when Tom arrives?

5. Where do Miles and Edward travel?

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