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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. To what does Tom resign himself for dinner?
(a) Having to pretend to be the prince.
(b) Not liking any of the food.
(c) Using table utensils.
(d) Being dressed by servants.

5. What does Tom examine with his uncle?
(a) The stables.
(b) Places where the seal might be hidden.
(c) Current accounts.
(d) His new living quarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom dream about and incorporate in his play time?

2. How does Tom perform at dinner?

3. What clothes does Tom wear for the ceremony in question #53?

4. Whom is Tom commanded to visit?

5. The event which Tom's servants prepare him for will be attended by ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of The Prince and the Pauper? What are the circumstances of Tom's birth and Edward's birth?

2. Where does the prince go when he is lost in the crowd?

3. What does Tom do with the three criminals from question #29?

4. Who arrives at the Guildhall as Hendon takes the prince to safety? What is the result of this arrival?

5. How does Tom like the king's duties? What criminals does he see a couple of days after he becomes the king?

6. What does the prince's presentation to the people look like?

7. What does Canty do with the prince when he gets to his house? What does Canty tell the prince to do? How does Mrs. Canty react?

8. What do the people in the barn do when Edward tells them he is the king of England?

9. Who lives in the Canty's house besides the family?

10. What does Hertford tell the king in response to the king's problem in question # 16? What does Hertford do? What is the result of Hertford's action? What does the king decide to do?

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