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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 Tom's grandmother help John do?
(a) Beat Edward.
(b) Make Edward clean the floor.
(c) Hold Edward in the corner.
(d) Question Tom.

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

3. What does John demand of Edward when he drags him into the house?
(a) He must go to his pallet with no dinner.
(b) He must sit in a corner.
(c) He must clean the floor on his hands and knees.
(d) He must share his identity with Tom's mother and sisters.

4. Tom's father forces him to __________.
(a) Beg.
(b) Sell fish.
(c) Sell newspapers.
(d) Clean boats.

5. What does Father Andrew teach Tom?
(a) How to read and write and some Latin.
(b) How to read and speak French.
(c) About the Catholic religion.
(d) How to say Mass.

Short Answer Questions

1. While he is the prince, with whom is Tom to have dinner?

2. Whom is Tom commanded to visit?

3. What is the subject of the book which Tom finds to read in Edward's room?

4. What does Tom do that makes the people cheer?

5. What does Tom examine with his uncle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Tom dream about on the night the king dies? How does he feel when he wakes the next morning?

4. What does Canty tell Edward when Hugo leads him to Tom's father?

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

6. Where is Miles looking for Edward? What does he think Edward might have done?

7. What does Tom do that Edward wouldn't do while eating? How does everyone react?

8. What does Tom do on the first day in which they believe he is the king?

9. Describe London in Tom's time. In what area of London does Tom's family live?

10. What is Tom prepared for in Chapter 16? How does he do with the event?

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