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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Miles decide to search for the person in question 169?
(a) To prove his identity.
(b) To ask about Hugh.
(c) He wants to borrow money.
(d) To give the person the letter from Edward.

2. Whom does Miles ask to see?
(a) Susan.
(b) Mary.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Edith.

3. How does Miles end up in front of the king?
(a) He forces his way in.
(b) The chamberlain recognizes Miles.
(c) The officer recognizes Miles.
(d) The officer takes the letter to the king.

4. What astonishes Edward after breakfast?
(a) The girls must milk cows and slaughter chickens.
(b) The barnyard animals are allowed in to eat the leftovers off the floor.
(c) He is asked to do a number of chores.
(d) There are no sweets in the house.

5. What makes the bundle that was stolen valuable?
(a) Ten gold coins.
(b) A large sapphire.
(c) A dressed pig.
(d) A gold ring.

6. What emits smoke and fireworks when Tom arrives?
(a) The cathedral.
(b) The Tower.
(c) The Arc.
(d) Big Ben.

7. Who encourages Tom to smile?
(a) Edward.
(b) Miles.
(c) The Duke of Wellington.
(d) Hertford.

8. Who threw the old man in the hut out of London?
(a) John IV.
(b) Henry II.
(c) Henry VIII.
(d) The archbishop of Canterbury.

9. Who takes Edward to court?
(a) The King's Guard.
(b) Canty.
(c) The constable.
(d) The monk.

10. Hugo and Edward fight with ____________.
(a) Their bare hands.
(b) Staves.
(c) Knives.
(d) Swords.

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

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

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

14. Who accompanies Tom in the procession?
(a) Miles and Edward.
(b) Just Edward.
(c) No one.
(d) The Kings Guard.

15. Who wins the fight between Hugo and Edward?
(a) Edward.
(b) Hugo.
(c) They are interrupted before either has the upper hand.
(d) The outlaws call it a draw.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miles do in front of the King?

2. Where do Miles and Edward travel?

3. Who is Sir Marlow to the whipping boy?

4. What does Miles want from Sir Marlow?

5. Why is Edward relieved?

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