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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Tom's family live?
2. What clothes does Tom wear for the ceremony in question #53?
3. What does the messenger say when he arrives?
4. What does Edward and the youth not realize?
5. How does Edward escape?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tom read about? What does he do with what he learns? What does he desire from his reading?
2. What do Hertford and St. John decide individually and together about Tom?
3. 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?
4. Who lives in the Canty's house besides the family?
5. What does Edward see when he wakes in the barn and what do the people talk about?
6. Where does Edward take Tom after he is ruffed up by the palace guards? What does Edward tell Tom about his family?
7. How does Tom like the king's duties? What criminals does he see a couple of days after he becomes the king?
8. What is Tom doing when the prince first does not return?
9. What do the people in the barn do when Edward tells them he is the king of England?
10. Why does John tell the family they must leave the house? How does Edward finally escape from them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tom realizes that finding out as much as possible about the criminals' cases is the best way to determine their guilt or innocence. His careful examination of their situation shows that good judgment, and even wisdom, are not the sole province of either royalty or adults. In giving Tom personal knowledge of the man who was accused of murder, Twain shows how wrong justice can be.
1. Do you think it is conceivable that a boy from the slums would have the wisdom to figure out how to look at evidence in a criminal case and render such an astute judgment? Why or why not? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.
2. Do you think there are innocent people in prison in the United States? Explain your reasoning.
3. If Tom had not known personally that the man he saved from execution had a solid alibi, what steps could he have taken to get to the truth of the man's situation?
Essay Topic 2
The king declares that his son is not permanently mad, and, in any case, he will succeed to the throne.
1. Discuss how Henry declaring his son only temporarily mad illustrates the power of kings. Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.
2. Henry declares even if Edward is permanently mad he will still inherit the throne. Discuss the implications of this declaration as to the pros and cons of hereditary leadership positions.
3. Do you think a monarch in the world today would allow an insane son or daughter to inherit the throne? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Like many novels, The Prince and the Pauper ends on a happy (or at least optimistic) note. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think most people want a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?
2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each reason in light of The Prince and the Pauper. How many of the reasons mentioned are fulfilled by the book? Using details from the book, explain how The Prince and the Pauper fulfills or fails to fulfill each reason.
3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?
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