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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. Why doesn't Edward command the family to stand while he is eating?

2. What is the color of the horse Tom rides?

3. What does Edward decide to write?

4. What test does Hertford give Edward?

5. What does Edward say about Miles?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How has Tom adapted to his role as king?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Hugh suggest as Edward's punishment? What happens as a result of the suggestion?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When John Canty demands that Edward tell Tom's mother and sisters who he is, Edward declares again that he is the Prince of Wales. Mrs. Canty is stunned and thinks that he is crazy. Edward gently tells her he does not recognize her. . Mrs. Canty thinks there is something different about the child, and she decides that a good test of his identity would be to startle him, to see if raises his hands to his eyes, a characteristic gesture of Tom's ever since he was little. She startles him awake, but he does not raise his hands. She tries this three times, with the same result each time, and yet she cannot believe he is not Tom.

1. Out of all the family members of Tom's family, why do you think it was his mother who believes Edward may not be Tom? Do you think this would be true in most families, that the mother would know a child the best? Why or why not?

2. Even though Mrs. Canty thought of a successful way to test Edward, she still did not believe the results. Discuss reasons why she remained blind to the obvious.

3. Using research, if necessary, discuss ways in which a person might be able to deny an obvious truth.

Essay Topic 2

The prince finds that he is in the company of a gang of thieves and beggars, but Twain interjects a note of social concern by having Ruffler discuss farmers who have been forced off their property by landowners eager to enter the more profitable sheep business. One of the men named Yokel describes the oppressive political and economic conditions that forced him into a life of crime.

1. Do you think oppression or economic conditions are justification for resorting to crime? Why or why not? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.

2. If a farmer farms another person's land with the agreement that some of his or her harvest will go to the landowner, do you think the landowner has any obligation to maintain that arrangement if the owner decides he/she would rather raise sheep? Why or why not?

3. In the above situation, the farmers are farming land, raising families, and paying for the use of the land. Also, one might suppose they have made improvements on the land. However, the land is owned by another person. Although the life or rights of the farmer means the land stays in farming, the rights of the landowner are trampled if he/she doesn't have the right to do as he/she pleases. Describe how you might solve the situation if you were a judge and this case came to your court.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. In your opinion, what are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss The Prince and the Pauper based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if The Prince and the Pauper is a successful novel. Explain your rationale with specific examples.

3. Do you think the fact that The Prince and the Pauper is primarily for entertainment changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

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