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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. How do the common people respond to Margaret as she travels to marry James?
(a) Very well; they seem to like her.
(b) The reader never learns this information.
(c) Terribly; they pelt her carriage with tomatoes.
(d) She has to travel in secret.

2. Where is James's father buried?
(a) The King of England's private cemetary.
(b) The King of Scotland's private cemetary.
(c) Buckminster Abbey.
(d) Cambuskenneth Abbey.

3. Who helps Margaret make plans to flee the country with her children?
(a) Albany.
(b) Lord Home.
(c) Angus.
(d) Henry.

4. Who is Alexander?
(a) Margaret's illegitimate son.
(b) One of James's illegitimate sons.
(c) James's father.
(d) James's cousin.

5. How does Angus respond to Margaret's plan to flee Scotland with her children?
(a) He helps her plan things out.
(b) He thinks she is ridiculous.
(c) He refuses to go with her.
(d) She never tells him of this plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing that Margaret can give James that his lovers cannot?

2. Which two siblings are most at odds as children?

3. How does Margaret learn that baby James has died?

4. What reminds Margaret that she is owed her brother's inheritance?

5. How does Margaret react to James when she first meets him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Albany agree to go to Scotland when the King of France requests it?

2. What is unique about Margaret's marriage to James in England?

3. How does Margaret respond to Henry when they are both young?

4. How does James react to learning that Janet Kennedy has a lover 25 years her senior?

5. Why does James think it's a perfectly fine idea to bring his illegitimate children to the castle to live?

6. What does Margaret's title of "Regent" mean?

7. What does Bell-the-Cat tell Angus on his deathbed?

8. In "The Curse of Sauchieburn," why does Margaret try to intervene with James when several Scottish men are arrested in England?

9. Why does James finally agree to marry Margaret?

10. What kind of relationship does Margaret want with James?

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