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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. What does Hertford ask Tom in Chapter 14?
(a) What he wants for dinner.
(b) If he has seen the tailor for his coronation robes.
(c) If he wants to dine with Lady Jane that night.
(d) Where the great seal is located.

2. What does Tom keep forgetting to do?
(a) Use a knife and fork.
(b) Speak in high court language.
(c) Bow to the ladies.
(d) Play the part of the prince.

3. What is the mission of the church where the lost prince goes after leaving the palace?
(a) To assist families of soldiers who have been killed.
(b) To train poor kids on how to be a soldier.
(c) To teach the lower class how to read.
(d) To be a foster home for poor children.

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

5. What does Lord Hertford tell Henry about the Duke of Norfolk?
(a) He has been appointed as the prince's advisor.
(b) He is getting married.
(c) His execution has been approved.
(d) He is being sent to France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sees Tom to help him recover from his madness?

2. What does Tom do when Jane Grey enters the room?

3. What does Miles find when he returns to the tavern room?

4. The children in Tom's house sleep _____________.

5. Where does the royal barge stop on the Thames?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Tom taken to meet with Lord St. John and Lord Hertford? Who else comes in to talk with Tom? How does he feel about them?

2. Why does John tell the family they must leave the house? How does Edward finally escape from them?

3. What does John Canty do with Edward when he sees him? Who tries to stop him? What does John do to that person?

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

5. What do Hertford and St. John decide individually and together about Tom?

6. 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?

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

8. What does Edward see when he wakes in the barn and what do the people talk about?

9. Describe the place where Tom is taken for dinner.

10. What does Miles tell Edward of his problem with Miles' brother?

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