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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. What is Edward's greatest concern?

2. Who is arriving at the farm as Edward is leaving?

3. What does Miles do in front of the King?

4. How does Miles end up in front of the king?

5. Why are two women burned at the stake?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Miles and Edward get away from the constable?

3. How does Hugh react to Miles? What does he tell Miles? What is Miles' response?

4. What does Miles do as a test when he sees Edward on the throne? What is Edward's response?

5. What happens when Miles arrives at Edward's side?

6. What does the hermit tell Edward and what does he do with Edward?

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

8. Where do Miles and Edward go after leaving the constable? Describe the place.

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

10. What happens when Tom is being crowned?

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 huge gap between nobility and the peasantry in 16th century England is apparent by simply stating that Tom's family did not welcome his birth, while the entire country rejoiced at the arrival of Prince Edward.

1. Do you think the above statement is true? Why or why not? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.

2. Discuss the implications that exist for a family below the poverty level to add another child to the family.

3. How do you think not being wanted by his parents affected Tom emotionally? Might it have affected him in other ways? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Twain uses Chapter 9 to depict the majesty and spectacle of a court pageant. His goals in elaborately describing the pomp and finery of the procession are to impress upon the reader the remarkable esteem in which the future king is held and to make the point that the position itself is, in many ways, more important than the individual who holds it.

1. Discuss what is meant by the above statement.

2. Defend or rebut the following statement: Since it is the position, not the person, that is more important in a monarchy such as in this book, it doesn't matter who becomes a king or queen.

3. How did Tom's short service as the king demonstrate the truth of the above statement? How did it rebut the statement? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.

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