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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. Why does Edward go to a hut where an old man is praying?
(a) Edward is tired and cannot make it all the way to London that night.
(b) Edward wants help fending off Hugo.
(c) Edward is lost in the woods.
(d) Edward sees the King's Guard at the hut.

2. 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) There are no sweets in the house.
(d) He is asked to do a number of chores.

3. Why are two women burned at the stake?
(a) For witchcraft.
(b) For adultery.
(c) For killing their children.
(d) For being Baptists.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the bundle that was stolen valuable?

2. Where is Edward sitting that evening?

3. What does the old man tell Miles about Edward's whereabouts?

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

5. Who is Sir Marlow to the whipping boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Tom is being crowned?

2. What does Edward do about his situation at Hendon Hall? How does Miles mess up Edward's plan?

3. How does Tom feel when he sees his mother in the crowd? What does he do? What does she do?

4. What happens with Hugh Hendon and Edith in the Conclusion?

5. How does Edward tell St. John where the seal is located? What happens after they find the seal?

6. Whom does Edward meet the morning after he escapes from Canty and the gang? What do they do with him?

7. What do Edward and Miles do when they leave Hendon Hall?

8. What does Miles do when he and Edward get separated?

9. For how long is Miles sentenced after being taken from Hendon Hall? How does Edward compound the problem?

10. Who interrupts the hermit's plans for Edward? How does he miss seeing Edward?

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