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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of plate is in the basket?
(a) Silver.
(b) China.
(c) Paper.
(d) Plastic.

2. What is laying hands on a price worse than?
(a) Murder.
(b) Assault.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Robbery.

3. What do the boys eat with their bread?
(a) Rats.
(b) Herring.
(c) Sardines.
(d) Anchovies.

4. What color are Billy's teeth?
(a) Brown.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Green.

5. The cutthroats are surprised that Jemmy knows what?
(a) His letters.
(b) How to catch rats.
(c) How to ride a horse.
(d) How to cook.

6. What does Billy say will improve the taste of the boys' breakfast?
(a) Salt.
(b) Butter.
(c) Garlic.
(d) Oil.

7. What is the last thing the cutthroats lift out of the basket?
(a) The prince's crown.
(b) The prince's money.
(c) The prince's cloak.
(d) The prince's crest.

8. What do the outlaws give the boys for breakfast?
(a) Herring and bread.
(b) Garlic and bread.
(c) Veal pie and garlic.
(d) Herring and veal pie.

9. What does Jemmy call the prince at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Hold-Your-Nose.
(b) Servant boy.
(c) Cutthroat.
(d) Whipping boy.

10. What does the prince need to sleep, according to Jemmy?
(a) A fan.
(b) A stuffed animal.
(c) A candle.
(d) A blanket.

11. How does Jemmy respond to the questioning of the note?
(a) He threatens the questioner.
(b) He is happy.
(c) He is nervous.
(d) He is scared.

12. Jemmy has to read the note to the outlaws in what manner?
(a) Forwards.
(b) Backwards.
(c) Upside down.
(d) Diagonally.

13. How many whacks does the prince ask for in Chapter 2?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

14. What do Jemmy and his dad do for a living?
(a) Catch rats.
(b) Cook potatoes.
(c) Sweep streets.
(d) Teach dance.

15. How much reward does Jemmy suggest?
(a) A truckload.
(b) A wagonload.
(c) A boatload.
(d) A horse load.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Jemmy say he can patch a roof?

2. Why doesn't the prince have any money?

3. How much does Billy think the prince weighs?

4. Of what is the prince afraid?

5. What cannot be done to the prince?

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